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| | The Law |
 | | Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited. | | | Though there is a clear prohibition of collective punishment in international law, the Court defers to the military whenever security issues are involved. | | | This prohibition does not apply merely to punishment applied in response to acts committed by individuals, but also to the application of measures of intimidation to forestall acts that may be committed in the future. |
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| | Al Haq: Campaign Against Collective Punishment* |
| | Collective punishment and intimidatory measures are clear breaches of international law. | | | For this reason, Al-Haq calls on the High Contracting Parties to uphold this obligation, and to help bring about an end to the system of collective punishment with which all Palestinians are burdened. | | | Despite Israel’s claim that these penalties are required for reasons of national security or military necessity, they are undoubtedly violations of its obligations under international human rights and humanitarian law. |
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| | Punishment to Fit the Crime |
| | Collective Punishment is a punishment that is made to fit the crime in this case, for the crime is collective as well. | | | Much is being made in Israel these days of the issue of collective punishment. | | | And since we don't know specifically which Arabs will be carrying out this crime wave, it is in the interests of national security to maintain the posture of collective punishment in order to at least limit the effects of the crime. |
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| | B'Tselem - Deportation of family members to Gaza: prohibited collective punishment |
| | Punishing persons for deeds they did not commit — where the sole reason for the punishment is that they are relatives of individuals suspected of having committed crimes — constitutes collective punishment, which is prohibited by international law. | | | The Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits the deportation or forcible transfer of residents of occupied territory; it also forbids collective punishment and harm to innocent persons as a means of deterrence. | | | Israel chose this policy with the objective of punishing the people close to the assailant and to deter other Palestinians from committing similar acts. |
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| | Human rights groups: US may be guilty of "collective punishment" war crime in Iraq |
| | Punishing any person for an offense that he or she has not committed or destroying civilian property as a reprisal or deterrent amounts to collective punishment prohibited by the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 to which the United States is a signatory. | | | The HRW letter ends by reiterating that “[t]hese actions appear to be in violation of US obligations under international humanitarian law.” It suggests that the military command “should investigate these and other allegations of serious violations of the laws of war, and hold accountable anyone responsible for ordering, condoning, or carrying out such actions.” | | | On November 20, 2003, Amnesty International (AI) issued a press release addressed to Defense Secretary Rumsfeld declaring that “[t]he US government should clarify whether it has officially permitted house demolitions as a form of collective punishment or deterrence.” |
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| | Fourth Geneva Convention - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited. | | | Article 33 states: "No protected person may be punished for an offense he or she has not personally committed," and "collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited. | | | Under the 1949 Geneva Conventions collective punishments are a war crime. |
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| | JZip: A surreality-based weblog: Prosecutor's Plea To Judge: We Must Execute The Innocent! |
| | You have people singled out for punishment, not on the basis of actual guilt in a specific criminal act, but on the basis of who they are and where they come from. | | | What your response leaves unsaid is your basis for considering the death penalty a form of terror and collective punishment. | | | Now, you ask about my "basis for considering the death penalty a form of terror and collective punishment." First off, I wouldn't single it out as such. |
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| | Iraq: U.S. Demolitions May Violate Laws of War (Human Rights Watch, 12-1-2004) |
| | Destroying civilian property as a reprisal or deterrent amounts to collective punishment, which is prohibited by the 1949 Geneva Conventions. | | | In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Human Rights Watch said that at least four house demolitions over the past two months appeared to be for purposes of punishing families of suspected insurgents or compelling their cooperation. |
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http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2004/01/12/usint6924.htm
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| | Ask Wendy |
| | Justice demands that the guilty are punished -- not the innocent. | | | I do agree that we are part of a community, but that same community must respect and protect the rights of the individual. | | | All this sort of behavior teaches is that justice has no meaning --only the convenience of the authorities matters. |
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http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0303/wendy022703.asp
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| | Amnesty.nl - High Court decision gives green light for collective punishment |
| | Palestinians in the Occupied Territories are protected by the Fourth Geneva Convention, including Article 33 which prohibits collective punishment. | | | "Up until today, people whose houses have been demolished as collective punishment could at least appeal to the court. | | | High Court decision gives green light for collective punishment |
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| | Cultural Issues |
| | Corporal punishment is not prohibited by the Yemeni law. | | | The fact that corporal punishment is not prohibited by law gives the teachers a free hand in administering various forms of punishment. | | | It seems that punishment in the school is generally accepted by Yemeni society. |
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| | The Washington Monthly |
| | Disbanding the unit is a repudiation of the acts committed that provoke the disbanding, and is not a punishment. | | | Disbanding a unit is not collective substantive punishment. | | | Posted by: prettypolitical on May 4, 2004 at 9:17 PM |
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http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2004_05/003845.php
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| | OpinioNet Contributed Commentary |
| | Yes, FAILURE to impose collective punishment was Saul’s crime. | | | That collective guilt may exist should be so obvious that it requires no elaboration. | | | "Collective punishment" seems to have been granted the same order of stigma as "massacre" and "genocide" and homophobia and patriarchy. |
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http://www.conservativetruth.org/opinionet/archives2/ccsp/ccsp50.htm
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| | Sanctions punish and inflame the innocent |
| | Yet that is exactly the approach being taken by the United Nations, the United States and Israel against “terrorists” and “rogue states,” with equally dubious results. | | | They also offend basic notions of justice, under which only those who cause offenses should be punished. | | | Collective punishment is no more effective when exercised against entire nations. |
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| | Warblogging.com: Collective Punishment — Read in the White House |
| | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. | | | Article 75 of Protocol I says "The following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever, whether committed by civilian or by military agents." "Collective punishments" is letter "d" under that item. | | | This means that collective punishments are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever. |
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| | Amnesty International Warns U.S. Over Collective Punishment In Iraq - IslamicSydney.com |
| | Article 53 states: "Any destruction by the occupying power of real or personal property belonging individually or collectively to private persons, or to the State, or to other public authorities, or to social or cooperative organizations, is prohibited, except where such destruction is rendered absolutely necessary by military operations." | | | "The idea that this is some type of collective punishment is just absolutely without merit," he said. | | | as a form of collective punishment for attacks on |
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| | 'Just World News' by Helena Cobban: Suicide bombings, contd. |
| | And that is the case for both sides in Israel/Palestine, since, as I argued earlier, suicide bombings themselves act--and are designed to act--like a form of "collective punishment"... | | | I think you may be applying a criminal justice analysis to something that can be better understood in terms of warfare. | | | The way I see it on collective punishments is that the fact that the "other" side uses a tactic against your community that is essentially a collective punishment does not at all justify the recourse by one's "own side" to collective punishments, in response... |
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| | The Limits of Collective Punishment, by FDR Lincoln - Democratic Underground |
| | The Limits of Collective Punishment, by FDR Lincoln - Democratic Underground | | | Important Notice: Articles published on the Democratic Underground website are the opinions of the individuals who write them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC. | | | I do want to weigh in on a specific point that applies to both parties in this conflict. |
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| | Collective punishment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Article 33 of the fourth Geneva Convention specifically forbids collective punishment | | | Collective punishment is a term describing the punishment of a group of people for the crime of a few or even of one. | | | In recent history, the term has been used to describe everything from the demolition of houses that allegedly sheltered terrorists in the Gaza Strip, to confiscation of assets connected with drug use and trafficking in the United States. |
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| | Demolition of Palestinian homes, an act of collective punishment, Amnesty International says |
| | Amnesty International condemned on Monday the demolition of dozens of homes in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, as an act of collective punishment and a grave breach of international humanitarian law. | | | "Israel should cease this policy which has been universally condemned," the organization added, recalling that the United Nations' Committee against Torture concluded as recently as last November that house demolitions may amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, in breach of the UN Convention against Torture. | | | Demolition of Palestinian homes, an act of collective punishment, Amnesty International says |
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| | Israeli Collective Punishment |
| | Collective punishment is prohibited by Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. | | | Practice of punishing entire families, communities or groups for the act of an individual. | | | This punishment of the community for the actions of the suicide bomber is called "collective punishment." |
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| | Israeli army threatens further collective punishment August 14 |
| | Punishing innocent people for the actions of others is reprehensible and cruel in addition to being illegal under international law and a breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention. | | | Furthermore it is a shortsighted act of revenge that does not provide any hope for a solution to the current violence, in fact will only serve to exacerbate it. | | | Throughout the last two years the Israeli army has endlessly used aggressive measures to collectively punish Palestinians, and now they are threatening further actions. |
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| | Collective punishment sends the wrong message |
| | It is illegal under Article 33 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, which states, "No protected person may be punished for an offense he or she has not personally committed." | | | Collective punishment is the practice of punishing entire families, communities or groups for the act of an individual. | | | These tactics, known as collective punishment, are morally repugnant and illegal — in short, war crimes. |
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| | European History - Collective Punishment Legacy |
| | To make my point about how collective punishment is still employed on a grand scale, I'll concentrate on the actions of one nation out of the four major English-speaking countries - Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States - that the British Empire begot. | | | Because of them, tens of thousands died of hunger, malnutrition, lack of medicine, etc. This was a classic case of using collective punishment. | | | And, countries and individuals that use collective punishment to try to get people to love them should wake up to the fact that such idiocy only generates more resentment and hate. |
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| | onegoodmove: Collective Punishment |
| | "The US government should clarify whether it has officially permitted house demolitions as a form of collective punishment or deterrence," said Amnesty International in a letter sent to the US government on Thursday. | | | The demolition of homes in Iraq raises the question of collective punishment, a clear violation of International Law. | | | And although International Law doesn't seem to be a concern of the Bush Administration there are all kinds of reasons why this sort of policy is counterproductive. |
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| | Images From The War in Iraq :: Collective Punishment in Al-Dora |
| | Any use including, but not limited to, reproduction, use on another website, copying and printing requires the permission of Dahr Jamail. | | | Lefteh Sulaiman, 55 years old, explaining the collective punishment in the area. | | | Images From The War in Iraq :: Collective Punishment in Al-Dora |
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| | The Legal Reader: Supreme Court Takes On Collective Punishment |
| | The Legal Reader: Supreme Court Takes On Collective Punishment | | | The Supreme Court considered that question today in Maryland... | | | If the cops find drugs hidden in a car with a driver and two passengers in it, all of whom deny that the drugs are theirs, who can the cops arrest? |
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| | US adopts Israeli model of collective punishment for Iraq -DAWN - International; 17 January, 2004 |
| | Then Sassaman delivered his terms: prevent attacks in your area or the coalition would "deliver a punishment of whatever we choose" - most probably jail. | | | But the US military commander in this area has also introduced an even more radical measure, demanding that 126 tribal leaders sign a contract to stop the violence in their tiny Iraqi farm village or go to jail. | | | US adopts Israeli model of collective punishment for Iraq |
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| | Collective Punishment Is Escalating in Iraq |
| | Since the nominal handover of sovereignty on June 30, we have witnessed an escalation of Israeli-style collective punishment of Iraqi cities. | | | Bodies were strewn in the streets but could not be collected for fear of American snipers. | | | Civilian carnage, coupled with enormous damage to homes and infrastructure, has become our daily reality. |
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| | Juliana Fredman: Collective Punishment on the West Bank |
| | Juliana Fredman: Collective Punishment on the West Bank | | | Punishment of a population for acts which you yourself have committed. | | | War Crimes and Punishment in Indonesia: Rapes, Murders and Slaps on the Wrists |
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| | Sinn Féin: Dunsink barrier unjustifiable and unacceptable collective punishment |
| | Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Justice, Equality and Human Rights Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has strongly criticised what he termed the "collective punishment" of the Traveller community on Dunsink Lane by the local authority, and called for the immediate removal of the concrete barrier blocking access to their homes. | | | Sinn Féin: Dunsink barrier unjustifiable and unacceptable collective punishment | | | Collusion campaign to hold major lobbying event in Stormont |
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| | TheExperiment - Collective Punishment Leaves 500 Palestinians Homeless |
| | This was, clearly, an act of collective punishment, in flagrant violation of international law. | | | This is not only collective punishment, this is brutal dispossession motivated by greed for land, and as such it is a violation both of international law and makes your speaking of ceasefire violations by the other side into mockery. | | | Full details are as yet not available, since the army surrounds the whole area, allowing in neither human rights field workers nor even the Red Cross which offered to provide tents to the newly-dispossessed families. |
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| | Brutal Collective Punishment in Sourif Village |
| | Collective punishment has taken the form of repeated violations of collective and personal human rights of villagers, who have NOT been charged or suspected with illegal activities. | | | Israel must cease her arrogant treatment of Palestinians, and recognize that they are not the 'collective enemy' that must be collectively punished. | | | We call on the Palestinian Authority to condition their cooperation with Israel, on the assurance that human rights will be respected, and that information provided will not be used to violate human rights and impose collective punishment. |
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| | “Collective punishment for failed debt repayment is detrimental to production and must be abolished.” | | | ETHIOPIA: UN urges end to "collective punishment" for farmers | | | ADDIS ABABA, 30 Oct 2002 (IRIN) - The UN’s Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia (EUE) has called for the abolition of “collective punishments” imposed on farmers who cannot afford to repay fertiliser debts. |
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| | JUDAISM'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS REVENGE AND COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT |
| | Although Abraham is, indeed, questioning the morality of collective punishment, God, the Great Educator, is teaching to him and to us -- his descendants -- a profound lesson, namely, that collective punishment, when warranted, is, in fact, the embodiment of Divine Justice. | | | For this, and this alone, God decreed that all such individuals were subject to collective punishment, despite their wildly varying degrees of complicity (whether direct or indirect) in the sins of their leadership. | | | Abraham argues before God that collective punishment is immoral because it has the effect of treating the Righteous as if they are Wicked, thereby causing the gentile nations to perceive that God, Master of Justice, is indifferent to the plight of the Righteous. |
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| | SSRN-Collective Punishment: When is Our Group Responsible for Our Actions? by Rebecca Wolfe, Ann Tenbrunsel, John ... |
| | This study explores the conditions under which people are willing to punish collectives for an individual's actions - i.e., collective punishment. | | | Perpetrators received harsher punishments from victims when the collective had control over the perpetrator as compared to when the collective did not have control over the perpetrator. | | | Collective Punishment: When is Our Group Responsible for Our Actions? |
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| | No end for collective punishment! |
| | The demolition of houses is a collective punishment the Israeli government uses to punish the Palestinians who participated in attacks against Israelis. |
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| | Amnesty.nl - End collective punishment of Palestinians in Occupied Territories |
| | Hundreds of Palestinians remain in detention, including in administrative detention without charge or trial, and destruction or damage to homes and property continues. | | | The organization calls on the Israeli authorities to end curfews, closures at checkpoints and other measures which are designed to punish indiscriminately rather than improve effectively the security of Israel. | | | It is time for the Israeli government and world leaders to recognize that respect for fundamental human rights is not only compatible with security, but that without human rights there will be no security and no peace. |
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| | Refuser Solidarity Network |
| | Prize-winner Sontag Blasts Collective Punishment -- by Ori Nir, May 10, 2001, Ha'aretz. | | | Sontag told those present at the convention center: 'I believe the doctrine of collective responsibility as a rationale for collective punishment is never justified, militarily or ethically. | | | And I mean of course the disproportionate use of fire power against civilians, the demolition of their homes, the destruction of their orchards and groves, the deprivation of their livelihood and access to employment, to schooling, to medical services, or as a punishment for hostile, military activities in the vicinity of those civilians.'" |
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| | ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Israel/Occupied Territories: Israeli military action is collective punishment |
| | Delegates saw remains of houses which had been destroyed by the IDF in acts of collective punishment. | | | "The IDF's conduct raises concern that the main aim of the operation is to collectively punish all Palestinians," the organization's delegates declared, stressing that the Israeli army took actions which were not clearly or obviously justified by military necessity and which breached international human rights and humanitarian law. | | | ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Israel/Occupied Territories: Israeli military action is collective punishment |
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| | Birzeit University and Community March for an End to Collective Punishment Peace Must Be Built on Justice, Not on Ruin ... |
| | Birzeit University and Community March for an End to Collective Punishment Peace Must Be Built on Justice, Not on Ruin and Destruction | | | Birzeit University and Community March for an End to Collective Punishment Peace Must Be Built on Justice, Not on Ruin and Destruction : News & Events : Birzeit University : Palestine | | | With an Israeli tank and outpost on the hill, hundreds of marchers climbed over the three trenches severing traffic on the road holding signs and banners against collective punishment and for academic freedom and Palestinian independence. |
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| | Israeli Army Intensifies Siege on the Palestinian Occupied Territories March 7 |
| | These trenches mark a clear escalation in the use of collective punishment against the Palestinian population, which is illegal according to international law. | | | We members of Palestinian civil society urge the international community to take action in protest of the closures and siege imposed upon the Palestinian Occupied Territories by the Israeli government. | | | Call the Israeli embassy in your area to protest the use of collective punishment against the Palestinian population. |
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| | Asia Times - Asia's most trusted news source for the Middle East |
| | With a media blackout fully enforced, the Bush administration and its appointed courier Allawi are effectively tying "collective punishment" to "regrettable necessity". | | | What is never mentioned is the real objective: collective punishment. | | | Asia Times Online sources, bloggers in Baghdad, they are all saying more or less the same thing: Iraqis are suffering collective punishment. |
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| | ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Israel / Occupied Territories: Palestinians suffer renewed collective ... |
| | With the exception of public UN sources, reproduction or redistribution of the above text, in whole, part or in any form, requires the prior consent of the original source. | | | All major West Bank towns have by now been reoccupied and are placed under curfew for up to 24 hours a day, preventing a population of 500,000 from pursuing their daily life. | | | As Israel reoccupies villages and towns in the West Bank the Palestinian population suffers the effects of widespread security measures such as prolonged curfews, house demolitions or administrative detention that amount to collective punishment, said Amnesty International today. |
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| | Denis Halliday: Bush's War is Obscene and Unjustifiable |
| | The ambassadors around that table and their heads of state should all be indicted for crimes against humanity. | | | In the case of Iraq, as we all know, the sanctions of twelve years are built on US war crimes leading to extensive civilian infrastructure damage committed during the Gulf War when the UN provided cover for the American military. | | | these children and adults are effectively being held responsible, being punished and murdered for decisions made by their government in Baghdad. |
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