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One of the early infamous "torture memos" that was used to justify a Presidential finding that US troops need not follow the Geneva Conventions, as a strategy for "retaining flexibility" in interrogating the people who the US was sweeping into secret and non-secret prisons.
The Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War was signed at Geneva, July 27, 1929. [1] [2] Its official name is the Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. It entered into force 19 June 1931. [3] It is this version of the Geneva Conventions which covered the treatment of prisoners of war during World War II.
A facsimile of the signature-and-seals page of The 1864 Geneva Convention, which established humane rules of war. The original document in single pages, 1864 [1]. The Geneva Conventions are international humanitarian laws consisting of four treaties and three additional protocols that establish international legal standards for humanitarian treatment in war.
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The First Geneva Convention, officially the Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field (French: Convention pour l'amélioration du sort des blessés et des malades dans les forces armées en campagne), held on 22 August 1864, is the first of four treaties of the Geneva Conventions.
Executive Order 13440 is an executive order issued by United States President George W. Bush on July 20, 2007, ordering limited compliance with the Geneva Conventions in the treatment of captives held in extrajudicial detention by the Central Intelligence Agency. [1]
Geneva Conference may refer to: Agreed Framework (1994, Genova), between North Korea and the U.S. Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments , a.k.a. Geneva Disarmament Conference (1932–1934)
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