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• U.S. envoy Rice says Geneva Conventions help America [it gave a moral edge.........]

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  U.S. envoy Rice says Geneva Conventions help America Patrick Worsnip UNITED NATIONS Fri Dec 4, 2009 3:50pm EST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Obama administration has issued a ringing defense of the Geneva Conventions on the conduct of war, which officials of the Bush White House had said did not apply to their ...
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• Obama Troop Announcement Renews Focus on Bagram

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  One of many consequences of President Obama’s decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan is that those troops are likely to capture many more prisoners that end up at the U.S.-run prison at Bagram air base .  That’s raising concerns among human rights groups that the recently revealed secret prison run ...
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• BIICL: The Future of the Geneva Conventions

  
  International Law Reporter — Authority: 145
  Adam Roberts (Univ. of Oxford - Centre for International Studies) will speak today at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law on "The Future of the Geneva Conventions." This is the fifth in a series of five seminars on the Geneva Conventions of 1949 in celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of ...
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• Knight Investments LLC meet at US Rotary Club to discuss local humanitarian issues

  
  Press Release Pad — Authority: 132
  “ In recent attendance at a meeting in Cocoa, FL members of Knight Investments LLC met with local Rotary Club Members to discuss projects in the humanitarian spectrum of project financing.” In a recent meeting KI Officials met to discuss humanitarian issues in conformance with some of the policies of the ICRC ...
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• The New York Criminal Court Trial of the 9/11 Masterminds and International Law: legal dilemma?

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 590
  Former US president George W. Bush convoluted some definitions. ‘The ambiguity began shortly after 9/11, when then-U.S. President George W. Bush defined two missions: waging a war on terror, and bringing Osama bin Laden and his followers to justice. Both made for good rhetoric. But they also were fundamentally ...
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• Bowing to world opinion

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  In the string of amazing decisions made during the first year of the Obama administration, nothing seems more like sheer insanity than the decision to try foreign terrorists who have committed acts of war against the United States in federal court, as if they were American citizens accused of crimes. Terrorists are ...
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• The Berlin Wall in Palestine

  
  Kawther Salam The Daily Life of Kawther Salam — Authority: 122
  German, Auf DeutschOn the ninth of November 2009 hundreds of thousands of Germans celebrated the twentieth anniversary of removing the wall of shame in Berlin, which was razed in 1989.Many leaders... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  3 weeks ago

• MPAA Joins IRS As An Entity Above the Law

  
  Revelations From An Unwashed Brain — Authority: 597
  In an amazing turn of events, the MPAA has managed to shut down the municipal wi-fi network in a small city in Ohio. In what might be called  the most outrageous event in that state since Kent State in 1970, another egregious miscarriage of justice has occurred. The slashdot article references another article in ...
  3 weeks ago

• Another GTL™ Open Post Friday: Is Sarah Palin “Dumb”? Should 9/11 Terrorist “Mastermind” Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (”KSM”) Be Tried As A Civilian? Should The Obama Administration Legalize Illegal Mexican Aliens? SOUND OFF HERE

  
  The Gun Toting Liberal — Authority: 124
  THE Gun Toting Liberal Reaches Out To His Fellow Commentators -Slash- Co-Bloggers And Readers To Furnish Their Opinions On Any Of The Above, Below, Or Anything Else Political One Wishes To O-Pine On…My apologies — it’s been quite awhile yet again since the last time I’ve... This is only a comment summary. ...
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• On disturbing positions

  
  Accidental Deliberations — Authority: 542
  Shorter Leona Aglukkaq : If we were applying the minimum standards for humane treatment of prisoners set out by the Geneva Conventions to combatants in Afghanistan, that would be a scandal and an outrage. But have no fear, theres no danger of that happening anytime soon. (via Aaron Wherry .)
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• US legal advisor says Washington wants to sign cluster munitions protocol

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 592
  Update 12:10  Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The US intends to negotiate a legally binding protocol on cluster munitions under the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW), says Harold Hongju Koh, legal advisor to the US Department of State. Koh told a meeting on the Geneva Conventions at the ICRC ...
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• Israel Persecutes Israeli Arab MK

  
  Palestine Think Tank — Authority: 500
  The Israeli Public Prosecution in the Magistrates Court of Tel Aviv – Jaffa imposed a serious indictment against the Israeli MK (member of the Knesset), Mohammad Barakeh, a Hadash representative. The court accused Barakeh of assaulting police and soldiers on four different occasions over a period of two years since ...
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• Israel Persecutes Israeli Arab MK

  
  Kawther Salam The Daily Life of Kawther Salam — Authority: 122
  The Israeli Public Prosecution in the Magistrate’s Court of Tel Aviv – Jaffa imposed a serious indictment against the Israeli MK (member of the Knesset), Mohammad Barakeh, a Hadash... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  4 weeks ago

• BIICL: The Geneva Conventions and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups

  
  International Law Reporter — Authority: 145
  Christine Chinkin (LSE - Law), Jenny Kuper (LSE - Law), and Louis Lillywhite (Surgeon-General, Defence Medical Services) will speak today at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law on "The Geneva Conventions and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups." This is the fourth in a series of ...
  5 weeks ago

• The Siege on Gaza Continues

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 143
  While Israel bears direct responsibility for the persecution of the Gaza Palestinians, many others are complicit. Most complicit is the Obama Administration, which has done nothing to end the siege,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• President Obama Signs Military Commissions Changes Into Law

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 493
  Dandelion SaladAmerican Civil Liberties Union10/28/2009Fatally Flawed System Is Beyond Repair, Says ACLUFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: (212) 549-2666; media@aclu.orgWASHINGTON – President Obama today signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes significant changes to the Guantánamo ...
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• Become Monsters

  
  matthewgood.org — Authority: 468
  International laws and the Geneva Conventions exist for a reason. One of them is to ensure that child soldiers cannot be treated as regular prisoners of war given their age. It is, beyond a shadow of a doubt, impossible for a twelve-year-old to seriously grasp the reality of what they’re doing when involved in ...
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• War crimes arrest likely if Olmert visits UK

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  • Prosecution of Israelis likely, says solicitor • Lawyers working on use of universal jurisdiction Ehud Olmert, Israels prime minister during the Gaza war, would probably face arrest on war crimes charges if he visited Britain, according to a UK lawyer who is working to expand the application of "universal ...
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• The Military Commission Act of 2009: New AND Improved?

  
  IntLawGrrls — Authority: 479
  Congress passed several amendments to the Military Commissions Act last Thursday, as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 . President Barack Obama is likely to sign the legislation tomorrow. There is much of importance — some good, some less good — in this legislation. Given our ...
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• Wheres the Outrage 166 - Senate-Approved Changes To Guantánamo Military Commissions Dont Fix Fatal Flaws

  
  Sir! No Sir! Exposing and Debunking Military Lies from Vietnam to Iraq — Authority: 119
  This press release, from the ACLU, was posted to War Criminals Watch, October 22, 2009 WASHINGTON – The Senate today passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes significant changes to the Guantánamo military commissions. The House approved the legislation earlier this month and the bill now ...
  6 weeks ago

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