1. Haunted by Bush\'s War Crimes
(Newsletter)

...ountry must be reversed by an immediate apology to the Afghan people and new orders to field commanders to follow the Geneva Conventions on the battlefield. CONTINUE... Obama's First Full Month ...

2. The Best Cabinet Money Can\'t Buy
(Newsletter)

... conditions at the US prison facility in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba says the prison complies with the requirements of the Geneva conventions, according to US media. CONTINUE... Italy passes emergency...

3. Presidential Order Affirms CIA Secret Detentions
(Newsletter)

...Secret Detentions Special Features By MWC NEWS    Monday, 23 July 2007 Allows Detention in Violation of Geneva Conventions President George W. Bush’s new executive order on the Central I...

4. Chomsky Receives Highest Pentagon 'Honor'
(Opinions/Daily)

...r beds and handcuffed them and their doctors to the floor, which Chomsky rightly branded  “a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions.”   The Pentagon might also oppose Chomsky for accusing t...

5. The Gaza War's Effect on Women
(Opinions/Features)

...ects is strictly forbidden under customary international humanitarian law. Doing so constitutes a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions. International law states that "in case of doubt whethe...

6. NLG and other human rights groups open letter to Eric Holder
(Editor/Letters)

...ure." Both the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and the Geneva Conventions "expressly require the United States to either extradite o...

7. A World without Law
(Editor/Editorial)

...ns through its Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the continued acceptance by its members of the Geneva Conventions, resulted in part from the actions of the Nazi state against th...

8. Doctors Aiding Torture
(Opinions/Features)

...;threats or reprisals resulting from a refusal to condone" all forms of torture and abuse.Protocol I of the 1949 Geneva Conventions states:"Persons engaged in medical activities shall neithe...

9. 2 GOP-Appointed Judges Shame America
(Opinions/Politic)

... abuse and torture of these prisoners detained during war time constituted war crimes and torture in violation of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, the U.S. War Crimes Act, the Convention against Tortur...

10. David Swanson's 'Daybreak'
(Opinions/Review)

...itatus Act; -- conducting lawless searches and seizures; and -- violating the First Amendment, the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions, US War Crimes Act, UN Convention Against Torture, and Universa...