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Geneva Convention |
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Geneva ConventionInternational agreement of 1864 regulating the treatment of those wounded in war, and later extended to cover the types of weapons allowed, the treatment of prisoners and the sick, and the protection of civilians in wartime. The rules were revised at conventions held in 1906, 1929, and 1949, and by the 1977 Additional Protocols. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Dismissal of the Geneva Conventions by Rumsfeld, Cheney, Bush and Alberto Gonzales certified that Abu Ghraib wasn't just the misdeed of a few ``bad apples. Much international law does not cover modern uranium weapons because they were not invented when humanitarian rules such as the Geneva Conventions were drawn up and because Western governments still refuse to believe that their use can cause long-term damage to the health of thousands of civilians living in the area of the explosions. When Bush finally acknowledged that the CIA had been holding detainees in secret prisons around the world, without access to any due process and beyond the reach of the Red Cross, he was admitting that he had been violating the Geneva Conventions. |
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