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  • Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions

    Common Article 3 of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 Common Article 3 of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Additional Protocols I and II Article 3 In the case of armed conflict not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, each Party to the conflict…

  • Torture in the 21st Century

    Introduction to Torture in the 21st CenturyAfter the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001, the administration of President George W. Bush declared a "war on terrorism." In October 2001 the United States invaded Afghanistan to topple the Taliban government th…

  • Anti-Torture Laws

    Laws Against TortureIntroduction to Anti-Torture LawsThe war crimes tribunals convened immediately after World War II in Nürnberg, Germany, and Tokyo, Japan, treated torture as a crime against humanity (see War Crimes Trials). In 1948 the United Nations (UN) adopted the Univer…

  • Geneva Conventions Part 3

    Geneva Conventions Part 3   43 APPLYING THE Rule of law IN THE WAR ON TERROR: AN EXAMINATION OF GUANTANAMO BAY THROUGH THE LENS OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND THE Geneva Conventions John R. Pariseault Hastings International and Comparative Law Review Volume 28, Number 3, Spring 2005 p.481 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 44 ASSESSING…

  • Geneva Conventions Part 1

    Geneva Conventions Part 1   1 First Colloquium on International humanitarian law and International Criminal Law : “The Geneva Conventions : Commemorating their Sixtieth Anniversary” Giosa, Laura Marà­a Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies Volume 1, Number 1, October 2010 p.221-223 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW +cite 2 The Red Cross and the Geneva Conventions…

  • Geneva Conventions Part 1

    Geneva Conventions Part 1   1 First Colloquium on International humanitarian law and International Criminal Law : “The Geneva Conventions : Commemorating their Sixtieth Anniversary” Giosa, Laura Marà­a Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies Volume 1, Number 1, October 2010 p.221-223 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW +cite 2 The Red Cross and the Geneva Conventions…

  • International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant 4

    International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant   PART II Non-discrimination with respect to rights Article 7 States Parties undertake, in accordance with the international instruments concerning human rights, to respect and to ensure to all migrant workers and members of their families within their territory or subject to their jurisdiction…

  • Convention on the Rights of the Child 6

    Convention on the Rights of the Child   Article 39 States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to promote physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration of a child victim of: any form of neglect, exploitation, or abuse; torture or any other form of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; or armed conflicts. Such…

  • Convention on the Rights of the Child 5

    Convention on the Rights of the Child   Article 29 1. States Parties agree that the Education of the child shall be directed to: (a) The development of the child’s personality, talents and mental and physical abilities to their fullest potential; (b) The development of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and for the…

  • American Convention on Human Rights 2

    American Convention on Human Rights     PART I. STATE OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS PROTECTED CHAPTER I. GENERAL OBLIGATIONS Article 1. OBLIGATION TO RESPECT RIGHTS. 1. The States Parties to this Convention undertake to respect the rights and freedoms recognized herein and to ensure to all persons subject to their jurisdiction the free and full exercise…

  • American Convention on Human Rights 2

    American Convention on Human Rights     PART I. STATE OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS PROTECTED CHAPTER I. GENERAL OBLIGATIONS Article 1. OBLIGATION TO RESPECT RIGHTS. 1. The States Parties to this Convention undertake to respect the rights and freedoms recognized herein and to ensure to all persons subject to their jurisdiction the free and full exercise…

  • American Convention on Human Rights

    American Convention on Human Rights   Article 8. RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL. 1. Every person has the right to a hearing, with due guarantees and within a reasonable time, by a competent, independent, and impartial tribunal, previously established by law, in the substantiation of any accusation of a criminal nature made against him or…

  • Geneva Convention (IV) 6

    Geneva Convention (IV)   PART IV EXECUTION OF THE CONVENTION SECTION I General Provisions Art. 142. Subject to the measures which the Detaining Powers may consider essential to ensure their security or to meet any other reasonable need, the representatives of religious organizations, relief societies, or any other organizations assisting the protected persons, shall receive…

  • Geneva Convention (IV) 8

    Geneva Convention (IV)   PART III STATUS AND TREATMENT OF PROTECTED PERSONS SECTION I Provisions Common to the Territories of the Parties to the Conflict and to Occupied Territories Art. 27. Protected persons are entitled, in all circumstances, to respect for their persons, their honour, their family rights, their religious convictions and practices, and their…

  • Geneva Convention (IV)

    Geneva Convention (IV)   PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1. The High Contracting Parties undertake to respect and to ensure respect for the present Convention in all circumstances. Art. 2. In addition to the provisions which shall be implemented in peace-time, the present Convention shall apply to all cases of declared war or of any…