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7 Mar 2006, 5:55 am
[JURIST] US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales [official profile] insisted Tuesday that US treatment of detainees is consistent with the Geneva Conventions [ICRC materials], but questioned the relevance of some Geneva provisions in the context of "this new kind of war, against this new kind of enemy. [read post]
12 Aug 2014, 4:14 am
The CERD Committee's review of US compliance with the Race Convention (CERD) starts on Wednesday, but Geneva is already buzzing with US officials and advocates who have arrived to prepare for the hearings. [read post]
20 Sep 2016, 6:40 am
The conference title derives from this observation about those treaties, the four 1949 Geneva Conventions, by Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross: “We know that the values that found expression in the Geneva Conventions have become an essential part of our common heritage of humanity, as growing numbers of people around the world share a moral and legal conviction in them. [read post]
21 Feb 2009, 4:45 pm
A Pentagon report requested by President Obama on the conditions at the Guantánamo Bay detention center concluded that the prison complies with the humane-treatment requirements of the Geneva Conventions. [read post]
26 Sep 2007, 8:19 pm
The Geneva Convention on Consular Notifications is the same guarantee that protects American citizens when traveling abroad, and the government of Honduras is speaking up. [read post]
22 Aug 2003, 8:28 am
On August 22, 1864, twelve nations signed the first Geneva Convention protecting vulnerable persons in times of conflict. [read post]
19 Oct 2006, 12:46 pm
[JURIST] International Committee of the Red Cross [advocacy website] President Jakob Kellenberger [ICRC profile] said Thursday that certain provisions of the newly-signed [JURIST report] Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA) [PDF text; S 3930 summary] are too vague and could weaken protections guaranteed under the Geneva Conventions [ICRC materials]. [read post]
26 Oct 2004, 12:36 pm
[JURIST] US officials have disclosed a legal opinion in which Department of Justice lawyers conclude for the first time that the Fourth Geneva Convention on the protection of civilian persons in time of war does not apply to non-Iraqi detainees held by the US in Iraq, a conclusion questioned by some legal scholars. [read post]
6 Jan 2005, 2:14 am
[JURIST] White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales, President Bush's nominee for Attorney General, explicitly told the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning that "torture and abuse would not be tolerated" under his leadership of the Justice Department, that the Geneva Conventions would be honored "wherever they apply", and that the US generally would abide by all (orally emphasizing the word) its [read post]
5 Jan 2005, 8:07 am
[JURIST] A draft of Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales' prepared statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee intended for delivery at his confirmation hearing Thursday and obtained late Wednesday notably makes no mention of torture, prisoners, detainees, Guantanamo, Iraq or the Geneva Conventions, taking a speak-no-evil approach to a wide range of issues on which Gonzales is likely to face [read post]
12 Oct 2009, 5:18 pm
" This is the third in a series of seminars on the Geneva Conventions of 1949 in celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of their adoption. [read post]
14 Apr 2008, 2:09 am
[JURIST] The Philippine government delegation to the United Nations in Geneva said Monday that Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo [official website; BBC profile] will soon begin the process of signing and ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment [text]. [read post]
13 Jul 2006, 2:10 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan [official profile] said Thursday that the US Department of Defense (DOD) [official website] decision to apply the Geneva Conventions to detainees in US military custody [JURIST report] "strengthens the international rule of law, and is true to the U.S.'s strong tradition of respect for civil liberties. [read post]
20 Nov 2018, 11:55 am
The Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) has convicted former senior Khmer Rouge leaders NUON Chea and KHIEU Samphan of genocide, crimes against humanity, and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. [read post]
14 May 2015, 4:13 pm
This demonstration took place in Geneva where the Rotterdam Convention is meeting. [read post]
7 Oct 2007, 5:07 pm
BLACK SITE DETENTIONS AND VIOLATIONS OF THE GENEVA CONVENTION. [read post]
27 Jul 2021, 4:00 am
7/27/1929: The Geneva Conventions are signed by United States. [read post]
27 Jul 2020, 4:00 am
7/27/1929: The Geneva Conventions are signed by United States. [read post]
23 Feb 2009, 10:17 am
Last week, the Pentagon released a study which concludes that the Guantanamo Bay detention facility complies with the Geneva Conventions. [read post]
20 Feb 2009, 3:59 pm
“A Pentagon report requested by President Obama on the conditions at the Guantánamo Bay detention center concludes that the prison complies with the humanitarian requirements of the Geneva conventions. [read post]
