Combatant Status Review Tribunal Hearing Guide
Recorder: | All rise. (The Tribunal enters.) |
[In Tribunal sessions where the detainee has waived participation, the Tribunal can generally omit the italicized portions.] | |
President: | This hearing shall come to order. |
Recorder: | This Tribunal is being conducted at [Time/Data] on board Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The following personnel are present: _________________________, President |
President: | The Recorder will be sworn. Do you, (name and rank of the Recorder) swear (or affirm) that you will faithfully perform the duties assigned in this Tribunal (so help you God)? |
Recorder: | I do. |
President: | The reporter/paralegal will now be sworn. |
Recorder: | Do you (name and rank of reporter/paralegal) swear or affirm that you will faithfully discharge your duties as assigned in this tribunal? |
Reporter/Paralegal:I do. | |
President: | The interpreter will be sworn. [If needed for witness testimony when detainee not present.] |
Recorder: | Do you swear (or affirm) that you will faithfully perform the duties of interpreter in the case now hearing (so help you God)? |
Interpreter: | I do. |
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