Guantanamo Bay five years on

On 11th January 2002, the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, situated at a US naval base in Cuba, was receiving its first “war on terror” detainees, following the invasion of Afghanistan. Five years on, detainees have still not been charged or tried, they do not know how long they will be detained, and they are unable to challenge the lawfulness of their detention. This week, protesters mobilised around the world to call for the closure of Guantánamo.

1. From which country does the US lease Guantanamo Bay?

A: Haiti
B: Cuba
C: Israel

2. How many detainees are estimated to be held at Guantanamo Bay?

A: 167
B: 400
C: 840

3. What is the Bush administration meaning of the term "enemy combatant"?

A: An individual engaged in hostilities against the US forces
B: An adult lawfully engaged in hostilities against US troops
C: An individual unlawfully engaged in hostilities against the US forces

4. How many child detainees are believed to have been held at Guantanamo?

A: 17
B: 11
C: 3

5. Most children held at Guantanamo were not separated from adults. Which article of the Convention on the Rights of the Child expressly prohibits States from detaining children along with adults?

A: Article 34
B: Article 37
C: Article 40

6. Children detained in Guantanamo were denied any contact with their families. Which international UN principles, apart from the CRC, expressly prohibit States from preventing contact between a child and his/her family?

A: The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice
B: The United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty
C: The UN Guidelines for Action on Children in the Criminal Justice System

7. In which country has a little boy written to his government three times in order to ask why it hadn't done anything to help release his father detained at Guantánamo?

A: Pakistan
B: US
C: UK

8. What is the position of the UN on the Guantanamo detention camp?

A: It called for the closure of the camp
B: It urged the US to allow visits from the UN Special Representative on Torture
C: It urged the US to stop using torture treatments inside the camp

9. What did a ruling by the US Supreme Court in July 2006 say about the treatment of Guantanamo detainees?

A: All US military detainees, including those at Guantanamo Bay, are to be treated in line with the minimum standards of the Geneva Conventions.
B: All US military detainees at Guantanamo Bay must be released within a year
C: All US military at Guantanamo Bay must be released immediately if they have not been charged within three weeks of arrival at the camp

10. Which regional human rights mechanism has issued precautionary measures and a Resolution to protect the rights of detainees held at Guantanamo?

A: the Inter-American Commission
B: the Inter-American Court
C: the European Court