Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review Volume 48 Number 3 Developments in the Law: Election Article 8 Law; Developments in the Law: Law of War Spring 2015 Repatriate . Then Compensate: Why the United States Owes Reparation Payments to Former Guantánamo Detainees Cameron Bell Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/llr Part of the Human Rights Law Commons, International Humanitarian Law Commons, International Law Commons, Military, War, and Peace Commons, National Security Law Commons, and the President/ Executive Department Commons Recommended Citation Cameron Bell, Repatriate . Then Compensate: Why the United States Owes Reparation Payments to Former Guantánamo Detainees, 48 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 867 (2015). Available at: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/llr/vol48/iss3/8 This Law of War Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Reviews at Digital Commons @ Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. REPATRIATE . THEN COMPENSATE: WHY THE UNITED STATES OWES REPARATION PAYMENTS TO FORMER GUANTÁNAMO DETAINEES Cameron Bell* In late 2001, U.S. government officials chose Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, as the site to house the “war on terror” detainees. Since then, 779 individuals have been detained at Guantánamo. Many of the detainees have endured years of detention, cruel and degrading treatment, and for some, torture—conduct that violates well-established prohibitions against torture and inhumane treatment under both general international law and the law of war.