Enemy Combatant Detainees Form

Instructions and help about Enemy Combatant Detainees

module to capture and detention of terrorists in the nearly two decades long war on terror the United States military has developed two methods of neutralizing enemy combatants the first is targeting and killing the second is capture and detention there are two main justifications for capture and detention first a detained enemy combatant is removed from the fight and cannot engage in further attacks second a captured detainee can be questioned by authorities to gather information which may prevent his compatriots from engaging in future attacks in this module we will discuss capture and detention in armed conflict and examine the rights of detainees including the conditions and allowable duration of detention furthermore it will learn about detainee interrogation and how detainees are prosecuted and punished for their illegal activities by military commissions and federal courts lawful and unlawful combatants capturing and detaining enemies is the right of all parties to armed conflic