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2 Dec 2016, 10:15 am
They do, however, have the protection provided for in other international instruments, e.g. the Geneva Conventions of 1949 on the Protection of War Victims and the 1977 Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 relating to the protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts. [read post]
12 Nov 2014, 11:10 am
In contrast, U.S. obligations under Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions (which also prohibits cruel, humiliating, or degrading treatment, or outrages on the personal dignity) are subject to no such reservation. [read post]
30 Sep 2010, 5:15 am
This is the first examination of the 1951 Geneva Convention on refugees from an Islamic perspective. [read post]
13 Mar 2019, 10:55 am
Both felt little need during this period of continuing tensions to remind others about their brief but important strategic cooperation in 1949 to strengthen the Geneva Conventions. [read post]
22 Apr 2009, 9:04 am
Over at OpinioJuris, Duncan Hollis asks whether captured pirates might be entitled to the protections of Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions. [read post]
10 Sep 2007, 12:09 pm
John McGinnis, a Northwestern University law professor (and my coauthor on several papers), raises this question in the process of recounting a deliberate violation of the Geneva Convention by the... [read post]
16 Jan 2007, 5:50 am
Last Friday, President Bush signed the instrument of ratification for the Third Additional Protocol to the 1949 Geneva Conventions, and also signed into law H.R.6338, the "Geneva Distinctive Emblem Protection Act of 2006" (signing statement). [read post]
26 Aug 2010, 10:06 am
Here's the idea:On 10 October 1980, States assembled in Geneva adopted the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW). [read post]
30 Mar 2007, 4:46 am
In a 2002 FindLaw column, I explained why the claim was plausible, especially with respect to al Qaeda, but I should have noted then that even suspected al Qaeda members are entitled to the Geneva Conventions' protection until their status was determined by a competent tribunal, pursuant to Article 5 of the 1949 Convention. [read post]
19 Nov 2006, 1:11 pm
Among the issues covered are the Geneva Conventions and the legal environment for the protection of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives, with a table on the pertinent conventions as of their June 20, 2006 status. [read post]
6 Aug 2014, 2:55 am
Next week, August 13-14, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Committee will meet in Geneva to review US compliance with its obligations under the Race Convention (CERD). [read post]
7 Feb 2008, 6:50 am
On February 26, 2008, Financial Events International is sponsoring a conference entitled Trusts Taxation in Switzerland: Consequences of the Hague Convention and the new Swiss guidelines on trusts in Geneva, Switzerland. [read post]
13 Jan 2004, 12:30 pm
In international law news Tuesday, according to a letter sent to US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld by Human Rights Watch, the US may have violated the 1949 Geneva Conventions by demolishing homes of suspected insurgents [read post]
17 Jan 2007, 4:22 am
The Georgetown Law Faculty Blog features 10 professors from the Georgetown Law School discussing issues in constitutional law, current affairs, Geneva Conventions, international law, and much more. [read post]
18 Jan 2007, 9:47 am
Lots of discussion on unlawful combatants, the Geneva Conventions, the laws of war, etc. [read post]
26 Jul 2010, 4:41 am
The Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) today found KAING Guek Eav alias Duch guilty of crimes against humanity and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and sentenced him to 35 years... [read post]
14 Aug 2014, 6:08 am
Guest blogger Erin Smith of Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute posts today from on the scene in Geneva, Switzerland, at the conclusion of the review of the U.S. compliance with the Race Convention. [read post]
6 Aug 2008, 10:56 pm
Courtesy of Ed Morrissey at Hot Air, we've just learned that His Obamaness and his entourage will be spending part of the GOP Convention in early September raising money...in Geneva, Switzerland...at a $1,000 a plate... [read post]
20 Mar 2009, 10:27 am
A group of Guantanamo detainees yesterday filed a Supplemental Memorandum arguing that the Geneva Conventions guarantee them certain conditions of confinement and that the federal courts have jurisdiction under the habeas statute to enforce them. [read post]
10 Jan 2009, 9:17 pm
"Protected Person" Status in Occupied Iraq Under the Fourth Geneva Convention (March 18, 2004) (added 1/08/09) Status of Taliban Forces... [read post]
