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3 Nov 2007, 3:40 am
Waterboarding is clearly prohibited by the Convention Against Torture and the Geneva Convention. [read post]
27 Mar 2003, 9:34 pm
[JURIST] According to press reports, the US House of Representatives Thursday passed a resolution calling on Iraq to respect the terms of the Geneva Conventions concerning treatment of prisoners of war (the actual text of the resolution, H.Con.Res. 118, is not yet available from THOMAS [official website]). [read post]
16 Aug 2022, 5:00 pm
Davis Traveling to Geneva, Switzerland, is beyond imagination for many American citizens. [read post]
20 Mar 2003, 7:02 am
[JURIST] In the wake of the breakout of hostilities in Iraq, the International Committee of the Red Cross Thursday called on all warring parties to abide strictly by the rules and principles of international humanitarian law: The ICRC reminds all States party to the Geneva Conventions of their obligation not only to respect but also to ensure respect for international humanitarian law, whose main [read post]
16 Jul 2005, 7:57 am
[JURIST] A report submitted by Switzerland Friday to the UN General Assembly [official website] in its capacity as guardian of the Geneva Conventions [reference guide] called on Israel to promise disassembly of the West Bank Security Fence [official website] if and when the threat of Palestinian suicide bombings subsides. [read post]
1 Dec 2007, 2:43 am
[JURIST] Seven countries on Friday committed to new efforts to protect journalists and their crews in armed conflicts following the conclusion of a meeting in Switzerland of the 194 signatories of the Geneva Conventions. [read post]
30 Nov 2017, 2:00 am
We focus on the third and fourth Geneva Conventions and battlefield conduct. [read post]
10 Dec 2009, 7:07 am
In connection with the marking of December 9th as International Anti-Corruption Day (see previous post) and the 10th Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Anti-Bribery Convention, the OECD held a program yesterday in Geneva,... [read post]
24 Oct 2004, 4:12 pm
International law experts say this is an unconventional and disturbing circumvention and reinterpretation of the Geneva Convention, Article 49 of which prohibits "[i]ndividual or mass forcible [read post]
21 Mar 2007, 2:18 pm
True Majority says, It's looking like after dumping on the Geneva Convention, ignoring the Constitution and firing public servants for not toeing the Bush line, Alberto Gonzales may have to resign as Attorney General. [read post]
16 Aug 2010, 12:46 pm
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced the creation and launch of a new database, the Customary IHL database, to mark the 12 August anniversary of Geneva Conventions. [read post]
2 May 2021, 8:29 am
They include an introductory note by Judith Gardam on the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949; and the procedural history of the Agreement governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, 1979. [read post]
26 Mar 2003, 9:32 pm
[JURIST] Ensuring humanitarian access to the civilian population is a key obligation under the Geneva Conventions and one of the most important duties of the coalition forces at this juncture. [read post]
4 Jul 2006, 5:09 am
Switzerland, the original host state for the Geneva Conventions [ICRC [read post]
11 May 2009, 3:07 am
Regina (JS) (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department Court of Appeal “In order to establish that an asylum seeker was liable for a joint criminal enterprise such as to exclude him from the protection of the Geneva Convention as complicit in war crimes or crimes against humanity, there had to have been a [...] [read post]
20 Nov 2019, 6:30 am
To commemorate these anniversaries, the UN Human Rights Council, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, and their partners will host events in Geneva and New York. [read post]
29 Jun 2006, 3:08 pm
The Court noted in particular the jettisoning of the basic right to counsel.The rules also violate the Geneva Conventions. [read post]
24 Aug 2007, 1:44 pm
It’s a fairly long opinion, but the takeaway point is that extradition of Noriega to France would not be inconsistent with the Geneva Convention on POWs’ provision that POWs “shall be released and repatriated without delay after the cessation of active hostilities. [read post]
18 Mar 2022, 11:10 am
A set of treaties referred to as the Geneva Conventions stem from a series of conventions in Hague that began defining acts prohibited in wartime. [read post]
9 Nov 2010, 10:48 am
Gro Nystuen (Univ. of Oslo - Law) & Stuart Casey-Maslen (Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights) have published The Convention on Cluster Munitions: A Commentary (Oxford Univ. [read post]
