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| | UN Convention Against Torture |
 | | A State Party to this Convention may at any time declare under this article that it recognizes the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications from or on behalf of individuals subject to its jurisdiction who claim to be victims of a violation by a State Party of the provisions of the Convention. | | | A State Party to this Convention may at any time declare under this article 3 that it recognizes the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications to the effect that a State Party claims that another State Party is not fulfilling its obligations under this Convention. | | | The provisions of this Convention are without prejudice to the provisions of any other international instrument or national law which prohibit cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment or which relate to extradition or expulsion. |
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http://www.hrweb.org/legal/cat.html
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| | The Avalon Project : Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War; August 12, 1949 |
| | The present Convention, which bears the date of this day, is open to signature until February 12, 1950, in the name of the Powers represented at the Conference which opened at Geneva on April 21, 1949; furthermore, by Powers not represented at that Conference, but which are parties to the Convention of July 27, 1929. | | | The present Convention shall be applied with the cooperation and under the scrutiny of the Protecting Powers whose duty it is to safeguard the interests of the Parties to the conflict. | | | The present Convention replaces the Convention of July 27, 1929, in relations between the High Contracting Parties. |
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http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/lawofwar/geneva03.htm
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| | MSN Encarta - Geneva Conventions |
| | As amended in 1949, the Third Geneva Convention, known as the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, sets forth criteria to determine who is a POW, a protected person under this convention. | | | Where a doubt arises about whether a person is a POW, a competent tribunal must decide his or her status; in the meantime, the person must be afforded the protections of this convention. | | | It brought civilians under the protection of international laws that prohibit murder, torture, hostage-taking, and extra-judicial sentencing and executions. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_762529232/Geneva_Conventions.html
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| | Background Paper on Geneva Conventions and Persons Held by U.S. Forces - Human Rights Watch Press Backgrounder, January ... |
| | The Geneva Conventions do not require a formal state of war between two state parties to be applicable; rather, it is only necessary that there be "armed conflict," which does not require formal recognition of one state by another. | | | Most relevant are the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, to which most states, including the United States and Afghanistan, are party. | | | He stated that "whatever one may conclude as to how the Geneva Convention may or may not apply," the United States is treating the detainees humanely. |
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http://hrw.org/backgrounder/usa/pow-bck.htm
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| | Geneva conventions |
| | And in 1907 under the terms of this Convention,. | | | In 1899 in the Hague it was signed the next Convention, adjusting Geneva Convention's principles to the war-action at sea. | | | Subsequently, further conferences were held, extending the basic law to other categories of victims, such as prisoners of war. |
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http://www.redcross.lv/en/conventions.htm
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| | American Red Cross -- The Geneva Conventions, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Rights of Prisoners ... |
| | Part VI: "Execution of the Convention." This part covers such matters as dissemination of the conventions in camps in prisoners' native languages and acceptance of rejection of terms of the conventions by warring parties. | | | Although governments are responsible for enforcing the Geneva Conventions, the International Committee of the Red Cross is given both specific functions and general areas in which it may be called upon to provide service. | | | Part I: "General Provisions." Common to all four conventions, this first part states general principles of the conventions and provides definitions of general terms. |
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http://www.redcross.org/museum/gc.html
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| | Washington's use and abuse of the Geneva Conventions |
| | In any case, the Geneva Conventions prohibit reprisals and executions and ban the use of weapons against POWs, “especially those attempting to escape,” except in “extreme&; circumstances. | | | Moreover, the US government has a record of flouting the authority of the International Court of Justice at The Hague. | | | Legal experts are divided on whether its televising of the US prisoners actually breached Article 13 of the Conventions, which was written before television and does not prohibit media footage or photographs. |
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http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/mar2003/pows-m29.shtml
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| | Fourth Geneva Convention - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | But it explicitly excludes Nationals of a State which is not bound by the Convention and the citizens of a neutral state or an allied state. | | | 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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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Geneva_Convention
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| | Saddam Hussein's Violations of the Geneva Convention |
| | The result was the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, which introduced the concept of individual criminal liability and “universal jurisdiction” to try individuals responsible for “grave breaches” of the Geneva Conventions. | | | The United States and Iraq are both signatories of the four Geneva Conventions; however, neither the U.S. nor Iraq ratified the two additional protocols to the Geneva Conventions incorporated on June 8, 1977. | | | The laws on war have a long history. |
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http://www.heritage.org/Research/MiddleEast/wm260.cfm
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| | mtv.com - News - What Are The Geneva Conventions? |
| | Though 16 governments signed the conventions in 1864, Great Britain, Germany, Sweden and the United States did not; the U.S. Congress finally ratified the conventions in 1882, making it the 32nd nation to sign on. | | | Though governments are responsible for enforcing the law, the conventions give the Red Cross alone permission to carry out relief activities in armed conflicts. | | | The first of the five Geneva Conventions — named for the Swiss city in which they were signed — were established in 1864 by delegates from Europe, the United States, Asia and South America. |
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http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1470867/03312003/id_0.jhtml
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| | Crimes of War > Rethinking the Geneva Conventions |
| | Although POWs may be held for a reasonable period beyond conclusion of the conflict for the purpose of prosecution, in many cases the quality and quantity of evidence against specific detainees is very low. | | | It remains uncertain whether the best remedy is to tighten or relax existing prohibitions. | | | The four Geneva Conventions apply in international armed conflict, which they define as "all cases of declared war or of any other armed conflict which may arise between two or more of the High Contracting Parties" (Common Article 2). |
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http://www.crimesofwar.org/expert/genevaConventions/gc-schmitt.html
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| | Lake Geneva Conventions |
| | Please call the Convention and Visitors Bureau at 1-800-345-1020 to assist you. | | | Reservations, gift certificates and White Wedding Package available for newlyweds, proposals or any special occasion. | | | This 222 room suite hotel facility boasts of an indoor and outdoor heated pools, whirlpool, fitness center, sauna, and lighted pro tennis court and basketball court. |
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| | Crimes of War > Rethinking the Geneva Conventions |
| | The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the two Additional Protocols of 1977 are the definitive written sources of international humanitarian law. | | | As this process gets underway, the Crimes of War Project has asked two leading experts on the laws of war to debate whether the Geneva Conventions need to be updated. | | | The United States may talk of a "war against terrorism", but Schmitt argues that the U.S. campaign against al-Qaeda does not fit comfortably into the framework of the Geneva Conventions. |
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http://www.crimesofwar.org/expert/genevaConventions/gc-intro.html
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| | GENEVA CONVENTION |
| | The main points of these two Conventions are: The sick, wounded and shipwrecked must be cared for adequately. | | | The Geneva Conventions are international treaties binding on all States which have accepted them. | | | The Conventions are long and complicated, but they are essentially a series of 'do's' and 'don'ts' to apply during conflict to protect vulnerable and defenceless individuals. |
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http://www.ppu.org.uk/learn/texts/doc_geneva_con.html
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| | CNN.com - Justice Dept. : Geneva Conventions limited in Iraq - Oct 26, 2004 |
| | CNN.com - Justice Dept. : Geneva Conventions limited in Iraq - Oct 26, 2004 | | | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Non-Iraqi prisoners captured by U.S. forces on the Iraq battlefield are not entitled to the protections afforded by the Geneva Conventions, according to a recent legal opinion from the Justice Department. | | | Disclosure of the new opinion, which had been requested by the CIA and the military, explains why U.S. officials were authorized to secretly transfer a small number of non-Iraqi prisoners out of Iraq for detention and interrogation. |
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/10/26/noniraqi.prisoners
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| | Detainees? What Detainees? |
| | ”There are no categories of prisoners unprotected by one or another of the Geneva Convention.” | | | This is a huge and radical departure that could further erode the rule of law.” | | | The letter to Rumsfeld, signed by HRW Executive Director Kenneth Roth, says if the Defense Department acts on the new guidelines, ”U.S. military personnel may be committing grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and placing themselves at risk of prosecution for war crimes.” |
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