Newswise — Lt. Cmdr. Charles D. Swift, JD, military counsel for Salim Ahmed Hamdan in the landmark Supreme Court case Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, will speak about the case at the annual Sept. 11 commemoration at the University of Maryland School of Law on Wed., Sept. 6 from 12:10-1:30 p.m. The event will take place in room 107 of the law school which is located at 500 W. Baltimore St. in Baltimore, Maryland.
Hamdan, a citizen of Yemen and former driver for Osama bin Laden, was captured during the invasion of Afghanistan and detained at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. Following a hearing in March 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the United States government did not have the authority to set up war crimes tribunals and found the special military commissions illegal under both military justice law and the Geneva Convention.
Each year, the law school has held events to discuss the attacks on the WTC and their consequences. Lt. Cmdr. Charles D. Swift, JD, U.S. Navy, Judge Advocate General's Corps, will be hosted by the School of Law and the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security.
The University of Maryland, Baltimore, is home to the dental school, graduate school, and schools of law, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and social work. It is the founding campus of the University System of Maryland.
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