United States Court of Military Commission Review

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United States Court of Military Commission Review
(C.M.C.R.)
LocationWashington, D.C.
Appeals toDistrict of Columbia Circuit
Appeals from
Established2006
AuthorityArticle I tribunal
Created byMilitary Commissions Act of 2006
10 U.S.C. § 950f
Composition methodPresidential nomination
with Senate advice and consent
(or commissioned officers serving as military judges)
Chief JudgeLisa M. Schenck
www.mc.mil

The Military Commissions Act of 2006 mandated that rulings from the Guantanamo military commissions could be appealed to a Court of Military Commission Review (CMCR), which would sit in Washington, D.C.[1][2][3][4]

In any event, the CMCR was not ready when it was first needed.[1][5] Peter Brownback and Keith J. Allred, the officers appointed to serve as Presiding Officers in the Military Commissions that charged Omar Khadr and Salim Ahmed Hamdan dismissed the charges against the two men because the Military Commissions Act only authorized the commissions to try "unlawful enemy combatants".[2][6][7] Khadr and Hamdan, like 570 other Guantanamo captives had merely been confirmed to be "enemy combatants".

The Court of Military Commission Review ruled that Presiding Officers were, themselves, authorized to rule whether suspects were "illegal enemy combatants".[8][9][10]

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