L. Paul Bremer, Coalition Provisional Authority

“ If a person is subsequently determined to be a criminal detainee following a
review of his or her status, or following the commission of a crime while in
internment, the period that person has spent in internment will not count with
respect to the period set out in Section 5 (2) herein.
10) Where any security internee held by a national contingent of the MNF is
subsequently transferred to an Iraqi Court, a failure to comply with these
procedures shall not constitute grounds for any legal remedy or negation of
process, but may be considered in mitigation of sentence. ”

“ A criminal detainee shall be promptly informed, in writing, in a language which
they understand, of the particulars of the charges preferred against them by the
authority serving an arrest warrant.
d) A criminal detainee shall be brought before a judicial officer as rapidly as
possible and in no instance later than 90 days from the date of induction into the
detention centre.
CPA/MEM/27 June 2004/03
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e) Access to detainees shall be granted to the Iraqi Prisons and Detainee
Ombudsman (hereinafter “the Ombudsman”) . ”

“ Any person under the age of 18
interned at any time shall in all cases be released not later than 12 months after
the initial date of internment.
6) Where it is considered that, for continuing imperative reasons of security, a
security internee placed in internment after 30 June 2004 who is over the age of
18 should be retained in internment for longer than 18 months; an application
shall be made to the Joint Detention Committee (JDC) for approval to continue
internment for an additional period. ”