Executive Order 13493

Executive Order 13493
Review of Detention Policy Options
Seal of the President of the United States
TypeExecutive order
Executive Order number13493
Signed byBarack Obama on 22 January 2009
Summary
  • Established the Special Task Force on Detainee Disposition
  • Instructed the Special Task Force to review options for detention of "individuals captured or apprehended in connection with armed conflicts and counterterrorism operations"

Executive Order 13493 is an Executive Order issued by United States President Barack Obama ordering the identification of lawful alternatives to the detention of captives in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] The full title of the order is Executive Order 13493 - Review of Detention Policy Options. In his previous order, Executive Order 13492, Obama had ordered the camps' closure within a year, but Guantanamo Bay detention camp has still yet to be closed. As of December 2023, 30 detainees remain at Guantanamo Bay.[2]

Executive Order 13493 was a follow-up to Executive Order 13492; in it, Obama had laid out the Special Interagency Task Force. Its job was to find lawful options of places to relocate prisoners.[3]

  1. ^ Barack Obama (2009-01-22). "Executive Order 13493 - Review of Detention Policy Options". The White House. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
  2. ^ "The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times. 11 December 2023. Archived from the original on 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  3. ^ Barack Obama (2009-01-21). "Executive Order 13493 of January 22, 2009: Review of Detention Policy Options" (PDF). Federal Register. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-07.