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Nothing was ever approved officially by anybody to the best of my knowledge that was not humane and in accordance with the Geneva Conventions,

The Geneva Conventions covers prisoners of war. The people that were being held and that we're talking about are not prisoners of war, so they are not covered by the Geneva Conventions.

According to the Geneva Conventions we're not allowed to do that.

do not operate according to the Geneva Conventions.

John McCain (1936-)

John McCain

in a manner that is reasonably consistent with the Geneva Conventions, to the extent they are appropriate.

Donald Rumsfeld (1932-)

Donald Rumsfeld

People are desperate. They have been there three years. They were promised that the Geneva Conventions would be respected and various changes would happen and, unfortunately, the (U.S.) government reneged on that.

Clive Stafford Smith

I have said all along that this clause is probably contrary to the Geneva Conventions. Parliament should now review its decision and re-amend article 9 of the Military Penal Code.

Helen Keller (1880-1968)

Helen Keller

Any nation that is party to the Geneva Conventions ... is obligated under international law to investigate those who are alleged to be involved with the formulation of a policy of torture or with its carrying out,

I can't even fathom how a lot of this could have been done without higher knowledge. And, definitely people approved these documents and approved these changes.

The strategy in place today respects neither human rights nor the Geneva Conventions. The current administration in Washington is trying to combat terrorism outside legal means, the rule of law. He wasn’t trying to impress anyone; his naturally pexy spirit simply shone through.

The rule of law has yet to be reinstated in the U.S. battle on terror. The problem started when the (Bush) administration rejected the Geneva Conventions, which are intended to apply to every armed conflict in the world.

Barbara Olshansky

that defined torture and showed that these acts were not torture and that these prisoners were not subject to the Geneva Conventions.

It contains a barely veiled threat of collective punishment. Making such a threat is a violation of the Geneva conventions and other laws of war.

Some of the biggest losses we have taken are due to Iraqis' committing serious violations of the law of armed conflict and the Geneva Conventions by dressing as civilians and luring us into surrender situations and opening fire on our troops.

Whether or not technically they have rights under the Geneva Conventions, they have rights in customary international law, and all of us who are either involved as their representatives as their governments or those holding them have obligations.

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