Executive Order 13492
| Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base and Closure of Detention Facilities | |
Camp X-Ray, 2002 | |
| Type | Executive order |
|---|---|
| Number | 13492 |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Signed | January 22, 2009 |
| Federal Register details | |
| Federal Register document number | E9-1893 |
| Summary | |
| Ordered the closure of Guantanamo Bay detention camp | |
Executive Order 13492, titled Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base and Closure of Detention Facilities, is an Executive Order that was signed by United States President Barack Obama on 22 January 2009, ordering the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. This was signed at the same time as Executive Order 13493, in which Obama ordered the identification of alternative venues for the detainees.