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20 Jul 2007, 1:20 pm
Executive Order: Interpretation of the Geneva Conventions Common Article 3 as Applied to a Program of Detention and Interrogation Operated... [read post]
18 Oct 2009, 2:43 am
Paola Gaeta (Univ. of Geneva and Univ. of Florence - Law) has published The UN Genocide Convention: A Commentary (Oxford Univ. [read post]
20 Jul 2006, 5:40 pm
When I say the Geneva Conventions apply to everyone, in other words, I mean merely for determination of status. [read post]
12 Aug 2009, 6:34 am
[JURIST] International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) [official website] President Jakob Kellenberger on Wednesday called for greater compliance [press release] with the Geneva Conventions [ICRC backgrounder], making the documents' 60th anniversary [press release]. [read post]
20 Oct 2011, 4:53 pm
The Geneva Conventions, for instance, are designed to make war cheaper—not in dollars but in human costs. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 10:51 am
Meanwhile, the case is moving forward, and DOJ got a predictable but important win yesterday when District Judge Russell rejected a defense motion to dismiss certain charges on the theory that either the laws in question did not apply in an occupation setting or that they were in any event preempted by Article 64 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. [read post]
24 Mar 2003, 11:46 am
He responded to Friday's criticism of the UN by Iraqi Ambassador Mohammed Aldouri - reported previously on JURIST - and in light of weekend events (loss of electricity and water in Basra, display of US prisoners on Iraqi TV) reminded the warring parties of their obligations under the Geneva Conventions to [read post]
13 Jul 2006, 8:17 am
[JURIST] Amnesty International issued a scathing statement on Thursday condemning Israel and Lebanese political group Hezbollah [Wikipedia backgrounder] for causing civilian deaths and taking hostages in violation of Geneva Convention protections. [read post]
27 Jan 2007, 2:43 pm
The Geneva Conventions and the laws of war more generally comprise a sophisticated regulatory regime whose rules can and should be closely analyzed by lawyers. [read post]
1 Jan 2019, 7:41 pm
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (Univ. of Geneva - Law), Makane Mbengue (Univ. of Geneva - Law), Mara Tignino (Univ. of Geneva), & Komlan Sangbana (Univ. of Geneva) have published The UN Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses: A Commentary (Oxford Univ. [read post]
17 Jun 2011, 9:52 am
[JURIST] The International Labor Organization (ILO) [official website] adopted a new convention [text, PDF] at its annual conference in Geneva Thursday to protect domestic workers' labor rights. [read post]
17 Dec 2014, 5:07 am
They are, sadly, not interested in the Geneva Conventions, but only their possible use against Israel. [read post]
5 Oct 2011, 5:37 am
Next, the Geneva Civilian Convention does not impact the United States's right under international law to maintain concurrent jurisdiction over certain criminal acts against its citizens in foreign countries. [read post]
4 Apr 2006, 3:54 am
[JURIST] British Defense Minister John Reid [official profile; BBC profile] on Tuesday called for changes to the international rules of war, including the Geneva Conventions [ICRC materials], in order to allow countries to better confront terrorism and other threats. [read post]
20 May 2005, 9:52 am
[JURIST] The US military has strongly condemned a British tabloid's Friday publication of pictures of a semi-clothed Saddam Hussein that it says were taken "in clear violation of [Department of Defense] directives and possibly Geneva Convention guidelines for the humane treatment of detained individuals". [read post]
8 Apr 2005, 5:46 am
[JURIST] In a letter [text] sent to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Thursday, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, slammed the Defense Department's proposed changes to the guidelines concerning the detention of enemy combatants for violating protections outlined in the Geneva Conventions. [read post]
14 Feb 2004, 12:20 pm
International Committee of the Red Cross President Jakob Kellenberger said Saturday that US officials have given the organization permission to visit Saddam Hussein, who it classified shortly after his capture as prisoner of war entitled to the protections of the Geneva Conventions. [read post]
11 May 2009, 8:18 am
UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive, Achim Steiner said, "This meeting in Geneva has culminated in a momentous day for the Stockholm Convention. [read post]
21 Sep 2016, 8:01 am
Under the editorship of noted jurist Jean Pictet, the ICRC published commentaries elaborating on these texts: from 1952 to 1960, commentaries on the Geneva Conventions, and in 1987, commentaries on the first two Additional Protocols. [read post]
30 Oct 2023, 6:30 am
In 1864, the first Geneva Convention had been concluded in that room. [read post]
