U.S. Justice Department Drops “Enemy Combatant” Term, Shifts Towards Legal Standards Set by International Laws of War

The U.S. Justice Department has announced they would no longer be holding terror suspects under the term “enemy combatant,” ending a policy implemented by former President George W. Bush that enabled the U.S. to hold terror suspects indefinitely and without trial.

As a result of the decision the U.S. will now mirror their policy towards detainees with legal standards that have been established by the international laws of war.

That shift now means that the U.S. will only detain those who have provided “substantial” support to terrorist organizations like al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

According to the Justice Department “The government's new standard relies on the international laws of war to inform the scope of the president's authority under this statute.”

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