Competent Tribunal is a term used in Article 5 paragraph 2 of the Third Geneva Convention, which states: Should any doubt arise as to whether persons,...

should be determined by a competent tribunal. Until such time, they must be treated as prisoners of war. After a competent tribunal has determined that an...

Convention until such time as their status has been determined by a competent tribunal.") This is most likely because, in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, a plurality...

of POW status until a competent tribunal convenes, and determines the captive does not qualify for such status. AR-190-8 Tribunals are authorized to confirm...

Military Commissions Act of 2006, by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal or another competent tribunal established under the authority of the President or the...

jure (merely by having committed the act) or by decision of a competent court or tribunal. In the relevant treaties, the distinction between privileged...

in the canon law of the Catholic Church Tribunal of the Roman Rota, the highest appellate tribunal competent in most causes in the second and third instances...

otherwise be afforded to them as prisoners of war, but only after a "competent tribunal" has determined that they are not eligible for POW status (e.g., Third...

Convention (GCIII) until and unless "their status has been determined by a competent tribunal (GCIII Art 5) to be that of civilians not affiliated with the armed...

Geneva Conventions. Were not entitled to the protection of having a "competent tribunal" convened, where their combatant status would be openly reviewed....

federal purposes as someone who: (1) Having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States...

provided that they are still willing to serve and considered to be competent. Tribunals are designed to be more informal than 'traditional' courts of law...

public official, in a competent tribunal within the State where the crime took place or in a competent international tribunal that has proper jurisdiction...

POW "until their status has been determined by a competent tribunal" (GCIII Article 5). If the tribunal decides that he is an unlawful combatant, he is...

status afforded to them as prisoners of war, but only after facing a "competent tribunal". At that point, they become unlawful combatants, but must still be...

Convention guarantees only a certain standard of judicial procedure—a "competent tribunal"—without speaking to the jurisdiction in which the prisoner must be...

be tried by a competent tribunal of the State in the territory of which the act was committed, or by such international penal tribunal as may have jurisdiction...

military commission trying the detainee for war crimes was not a competent tribunal, prompting commentary by European law professors. The Combatant Status...

to have a competent tribunal determine their classification. (In previous conflicts such as the Vietnam War, Army Regulation 190-8 Tribunals determined...

to be afforded POW protection until the captors have convened a "competent tribunal." However, the Conventions never explicitly impose a limitation regarding...

should be treated as such until their status has been determined by a competent tribunal. This part of the convention covers the status of prisoners of war...

District of Columbia halted Hamdan's military commission because no "competent tribunal" had determined whether Mr Hamdan was a POW (as required by the Geneva...

court of competent jurisdiction where the remedy sought relates to trial procedure. An administrative tribunal may qualify as a court of competent jurisdiction...

Leo IV declared that the charge of simony must be adjudicated by a competent tribunal of twelve bishops, and must be attested by seventy-two witnesses,...

convene a "competent tribunal" to determine the status of captives whose status was in doubt. Competent tribunals, like the AR 190-8 Tribunal, are authorized...

of international law and "might be designated as war crimes by a competent tribunal". In addition to the acts of humiliation, there were more violent...

saisie-contrefaçon (see below France – Background), the President of the competent tribunal de grande instance may also order the following: the suspension of...

appointed for a term of six years. Arbitrators called upon to form a competent tribunal may be chosen from a general list of the members of the court when...

denial of justice. In both cases, the tribunal des conflits will render final judgment on which system is competent. The Constitutional Council (Conseil...

Supreme Tribunal; often abbreviated to PrObTrE). At first, only private law decisions were published (because the court had no competencies for criminal...