Executive Order 13492, titled Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base and Closure of Detention Facilities'','' is an

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that was signed by

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on 22 January 2009, ordering the closure of the

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. This was signed at the same time as

Executive Order 13493 Executive Order 13493 is an Executive Order issued by United States President Barack Obama ordering the identification of lawful alternatives to the detention of captives in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. The full title of the ord ...

, in which Obama ordered the identification of alternative venues for the detainees.

Background

The Executive Order instructed for the immediate review of the statuses of all individuals detained at the Guantanamo Bay naval base, with the intent to move them out of the facility (either by transferring them, prosecuting them, or by other "lawful means, consistent with the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States and the interests of justice"), followed by closure of detention facilities "as soon as practicable, and no later than 1 year from the date of this order". As of January 2021, the facility remains open, with 40 individuals in custody there.

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External links

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