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鈥淛ust one week after the election and the Obama camp is sounding like the Bush administration on Guantanamo Bay,鈥漚ccording to Mary Ellen O鈥機onnell, Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law in the 91吃瓜 Law School.

鈥淭hey are talking of a new 鈥楽ecurity Court鈥� or the need to study the situation before taking action,鈥漁鈥機onnell said.鈥淥bama鈥檚 advisers need to study their Geneva Conventionsthose solemn, binding treaties forbid cooking up new courts to try people after they have been detained.鈥�

According to O鈥機onnell,"The conventions also make clear we may only detain people without charge detained in a real armed conflict, not the concocted 鈥榞lobal war on terror.鈥� They also make clear we cannot detain children.

鈥淭he president-elect promised change and that should be change from violating international law. His advisers need to give him accurate advice, which is to close Guantanamo now and get into compliance with the law of armed conflict.鈥�

O鈥機onnell, author of"The Power and Purpose of International Law,"has written and lectured on international legal regulation of the use of force and conflict and dispute resolution, especially peaceful resolution of disputes prior to an escalation to armed conflict. She also has been active in the American Society of International Law, the International Institute for Humanitarian Law, the International Law Association, and the Council on Foreign Relations.

_ Contact: Mary Ellen O鈥機onnell, 574-631-7953,_ " MaryEllenOConnell@nd.edu ":mailto:MaryEllenOConnell@nd.edu

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