Naval Station Guantanamo Bay History and Legal Issues Regarding Its Lease Agreements

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisoners of war.

Sanctions (International law).

Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2015

Summary:

Outlines history of the establishment of the U.S. naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including its changing relationship to the community around it and its heightened importance with the onset of military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Discusses legal status of leased land on which the naval station stands, statutory and treaty authorities granted to the President with regard to any potential closure of the naval station, and potential second-order effects that current Cuba sanctions laws might have on such a closure

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay

Publisher Number:

CRS-2015-AML-0295

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