The appeals court ruled that because Hamdan was a member of al Qaeda, the Geneva Conventions did not apply to him and he could not assert the unlawfulness of the military commissions on that basis.

• 上诉法院裁定因为汉姆丹是基地组织成员，日内瓦公约对其不适用，他不能在此基础上宣称非凡军事法庭审判不合法。