Americans Criticize Guantanamo Situation

Polling Data

As you may know, the U.S. participates in the United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights, which reviews human rights standards in various countries including the U.S. Recently, the Commission evaluated how the U.S. treats detainees at Guantanamo Bay and determined that the U.S. has held certain individuals for interrogation for several years without charging them with a crime, contrary to international conventions. Do you think that the U.S. should or should not change this practice according to the prescriptions of the UN Commission on Human Rights?

Should 63%
Should not 30%
No answer 7%

A permanent International Criminal Court has been established by the UN to try individuals suspected of war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity. Some say the U.S. should not support the Court because trumped-up charges may be brought against Americans, for example, U.S. soldiers who use force in the course of a peacekeeping operation. Others say that the U.S. should support the court because the world needs a better way to prosecute war criminals, many of whom go unpunished today. Do you think the U.S. should or should not support the permanent International Criminal Court?

Should 69%
Should not 29%
No answer 3%

Source: Knowledge Networks / Program on International Policy Attitudes
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,023 American adults, conducted from Apr. 8 to Apr. 23, 2006. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

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