The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were " lawful combatants " rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an enemy combatant.
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These tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were " lawful combatants "-rather, they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an enemy combatant.
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The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were " lawful combatants " rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush Presidency's definition of an enemy combatant.
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The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were " lawful combatants " rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an enemy combatant.
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The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the detainees were " lawful combatants " rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the detainee had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an enemy combatant.
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"' The Unlawful "' This distinguishes murder from killings that are done within the boundaries of law, such as capital punishment, justified self-defence, or the killing of enemy combatants by lawful combatants as well as causing collateral damage to non-combatants during a war.
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In the Preamble to the 1899 Hague Convention II on Land War, the Martens Clause was introduced as a compromise wording for the dispute between the Great Powers who considered francs-tireurs to be unlawful combatants subject to execution on capture and smaller states who maintained that they should be considered lawful combatants.
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Those particular acts constitute an offense against the law of war which the Constitution authorizes to be tried by military commission . " It held that while lawful combatants may be captured and held as prisoners of war, unlawful combatants face harsher circumstances such as being sentenced to prison terms or put to death.
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Other than the two released after hearings, another four of the seven were determined to be lawful combatants, given prisoner of war status under the Geneva Conventions and continue to be held; one was determined to be a doctor or chaplain and continues to be held to treat or minister to other prisoners.
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In addition to ruling Monday that Lindh's trial on terrorism, conspiracy and other charges should proceed as planned in Alexandria, Va ., this summer, U . S . District Judge Thomas Ellis rejected the defense claim that as a purported member of Afghanistan's Taliban, Lindh is a " lawful combatant ."
