CIAO DATE: 08/2014
March 2009
In one of his first acts as president, Barack Obama signed an executive order closing the Guantanamo Bay prison camp within a year. According to a new paper published by the Atlantic Council, Beyond Closing Guantanamo, this is a step in the right direction, but the new U.S. administration should undertake several additional measures aimed at restoring the United States as a leader in the international legal system.
Resource link: Beyond Closing Guantanamo: Rebuilding a Transatlantic Partnership in International Law [PDF] - 591K