Close Guantanamo!

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The paper relates that the issue of security has become an essential matter for the world's community, while human rights also represents the new doctrine which must at all time be taken into account. The paper considers the unclear legal status of Guantanamo, the negative image it has engendered of the United States as well as its inhumane and abusive treatment of the prisoners. The paper emphasizes that the issue of Guantanamo is essential for the politics of the US and can define the viability of the American democracy. The paper therefore concludes that it is essential that Guantanamo be closed and that a successful solution be found that can cater to the need for security in the US and abroad, while at the same time respecting human rights.

From the Paper:

"The history of the Guantanamo Bay area is rather old and it includes acts from 1903 when the United States signed a lease contract with Cuba that would enable the US to use part of the Cuban territory in order to ensure protection for both the US and for the Cuban land (PBS, 2006). However, as the decades pasted, the facilities came to be used as a place for detainees of Cuban and Haitian origin that broke the law. Finally, the issue of terrorism is now considered as one of the most important matters of the international scene and the United States views it as a reason which would excuse any type of measure undertaken at the legal level as well as at the practical one. Therefore, the country is today in a rather delicate position, that of trying to cater both for the need of security and for the obligation to respect human rights."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Al Jazeera. US official wants Guantanamo shut. News Americas. 2008. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B2CCA4BE-852E-40B5-92D9-C9C31C467CA5.htm (accessed 21 March 2008)
• Human Rights Watch. U.S.: Geneva Conventions Apply to Guantanamo Detainees. 2002. http://www.hrw.org/press/2002/01/us011102.htm (accessed 21 March 2008)
• Kissinger. Henry. Diplomacy. London: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
• Nye, Joseph. Understanding international conflicts: an introduction to theory and history. New York: Pearson, 2005
• PBS. Guantanamo Bay's Peculiar History. 2006. http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/220/guantanamo-bay-history.html (accessed 21 March 2008)

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