Geneva Convention Essays

  • The Geneva Conventions and Modern War

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    In 1864 the Geneva Conventions were created during a conference in Geneva Switzerland, and were immediately ratified by twelve countries. Now there are one hundred and ninety four countries that have signed and ratified the conventions (ICRC 1 – 6). The Geneva Conventions set the standards in international law for the humanitarian treatment of the victims of war. There are four conventions in total, and all of which deal with a different aspect of war. The first Geneva Convention, which deals

  • The Geneva Convention: Preventing Atrocities Towards Prisoners of War

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    The Geneva Convention: Preventing Atrocities Towards Prisoners of War The Allied established the Geneva Convention to protect wounded soldiers in 1864. They amended it four times with the fourth time following some of most atrocious acts against prisoners of war during World War II. I will provide evidence of what I believe led to the modifications of the Geneva Convention in 1949 to protect POWs. I will present the reasons behind the amendment and accounts of the 6th Bomb Squadron 29th Bomb

  • Third Geneva Convention

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    THIRD GENEVA CONVENTION Third Geneva Convention was signed on July 27, 1929 at Geneva, Switzerland. It was made to protect the human rights of Prisoners of War (POW). These laws apply from the moment a combatant is imprisoned until the POW is released. The main point of this Convention was to protect the Prisoners of Wars from physical and mental torture. Because of this law, torturing to prisoners was illegal and wrong on an international level. It states that prisoners should not be forced to

  • International Humanitarian Law

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    It can be seen as protection for those who no longer wish to continue hostilities during armed conflict and provides restrictions on warfare that could be used (ICRC, 2004: 1). International law governs the relationship between States by using conventions or treaties that are usually considered to be legally binding; this also includes IHL. However, the IHL does not provide States the authority to use actually force (ICRC, 2004: 1). To analyse IHL further, a historical point will need to be examined

  • The Moral and Legal Obligations of Battlefield Neutrality

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    ethics. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. Foot, R. (2010, May 26). Red Cross aid to Taliban reflects moral dilemma of Afghan war. Canwest News Service. Retrieved from http://www2.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=3076804 Geneva Conventions III. (1949). Article 3 & 4. Jordans, F. (2010, May 26). Red Cross defends first aid kits for Taliban. Time Magazine. Retrieved from http://www.time.com. Moorehead, C. (1998). Dunant’s Dream: War, Switzerland, and the history of the

  • Prisoners of War

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    But when the Geneva Conventions were signed, there was something to stop the detaining power from inhumane treatment. Still, countries mistreated their prisoners of war. In WWII, Japanese POW camps tortured, performed Unit 731 experiments, and executed their prisoners (Historyonthenet.com, Listverse). In the Vietnam War, prisoners were kept in tiger cages, beaten with clubs, and sometimes even hung on metal hooks (Pribbinow, Smallwood). Even though the third and fourth Conventions protect POWs,

  • Essay On Belligerent Occupation

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    involves no transfer of sovereign power. Belligerent Occupation is simply defined as a territory that is placed under the control of a hostile power/army. The basic principles of the Law of Belligerent Occupation are comprised from The Forth Geneva Convention, The Hague Regulations, as well as other bodies of International Law such as International Humanitarian Law and Additional Protocol I. There are four main principles: 1. The Belligerent occupation does not completely transfer sovereignty over

  • The Role of the Red Cross in International Humanitarian Law

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    wounded in the battle field. He later put up propositions to the major European countries where a committee was formed and it later became the ICRC 1863 , subsequently in August 1864, the committee persuaded governments to adopt the first Geneva Convention, “Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field” which was a legally binding treaty that obliged armies to care for wounded without discrimination on the basis on whose side they were on, it also introduced

  • War Crimes

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    conduct of forces when engaged in war or armed conflict. It is the branch of international law which seeks to limit the effects of armed conflict by protecting persons who are no longer participating in hostilities. It includes the Geneva Conventions and the Hague Conventions, as well as subsequent treaties, case law, and customary international law. Serious violations of the international humanitarian law such as physical abuse, psychological abuse, sexual abuse and murder violate the treatment of

  • Terrorists Should Be Treated as Prisoners of War

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    war against the United States government and the Geneva Convention needs to protect these war criminals. Those suspected of, or convicted of, terroristic offences should receive the same protections under the Geneva Convention that apply to prisoners of war because they are prisoners of war and their basic human rights need to be respected, torture has been proven to be rarely effective, and their roles, as terrorists, fit into the Geneva Convention criterion. A terrorist is someone who uses deliberate

  • Construction Of The Wall In Israel

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    The International Court of Justice ( ICJ) issued the Advisory Opinion on legal repercussions of construction of the Wall in Occupied Palestinian Territory, demarcating Israel and West bank territories in 2004. Unanimously, the Court drove into the conclusion, that it has the jurisdiction to take decision upon this Case, and fourteen votes to one, endorsed to admit that the state of Israel by constructing the Wall had violated several international law obligations. The Court indicated that the construction

  • Violations of Human Rights in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

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    treatment or punishment; and Article 9, not subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention, or exile. Since these articles were ... ... middle of paper ... ...es/peace/laureates/1901/dunant-bio.html (accessed Dec 5, 2011). Schneider, Scott. “What the Geneva Protocols Really Say.” StrategyWorld.com. http://www.strategypage.com/dls/articles2003/20031128.asp (accessed December 8, 2011). “The Poisonous Myth of Israeli Apartheid.” National Post. www.nationalpost.com (accessed December 7, 2011). United

  • Contemporary Challenges Facing International Humanitarian Law

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    influence international humanitarian law. This purpose is guided with the need to understand why most of the casualties of modern conflicts are mainly civilians and not soldiers. The paper will examine the Afghanistan conflict using the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the two Additional Protocols of 1977. As a general principle, civilians are entitled to protected status under international humanitarian law and may not be attacked. However, the laws of war recognize that some civilians are more

  • The Devastating Impact of Weapons of Mass Destruction

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    chemical and nuclear, as soon as scientific advancement and technological development made them available." After World War II, the Hague convention was signed. This made it illegal to use weapons of mass destruction. The Geneva Convention, another official document, was signed in London, Moscow, and Washington on April 10, 1972. This particular Convention prohibited the use and production of chemical and biological weapons. While this particular document makes it illegal, most countries are still

  • Tadic Case Study

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    distinction between non-international and international armed conflicts and in doing so it acted in disagreement with a judgment of the International Court of Justice (I.C.J). It also updated the definition of “protected persons” from the 1949 Geneva Conventions. The concept of criminal responsibility for participation in a group with a common purpose has been lengthened. It was extremely crucial for both the Trial and Appeals Chamber to qualify the conflict which Tadic committed, as international.

  • Nazi Prosecution

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    Soldiers paybook would have us believe. Yet during the Second World War thousands of Jews were victims of war crimes committed by Nazi's, whose actions subverted the code of conduct they claimed to uphold and contravened legislation outlined in the Geneva Convention. It is this legislature that has paved the way for the Jewish community and political leaders to attempt to redress the Nazi's violation, by prosecuting individuals allegedly responsible. Convicting Nazi criminals is an implicit declaration by

  • The International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

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    The International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia On May 25, 1993, U.N. Security Council Resolution 827 established an international tribunal charged with prosecuting violations of international law arising from the armed conflicts in the former Yugoslavia. Not since the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials, following World War II has an international court tried individuals accused of crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. The International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTFY), which

  • The Origins of the Samurai and Bushido Codes

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    your family back home is brought shame. With the evidence from source material though, it seems that the Australians and very likely other nations in there prison camps understood what was going on around them. Indeed the Japanese breached the Geneva convention but what is it exactly, did the other countries follow it accordingly? The Japanese method of dealing with Allied prisoners was seen through the 'western eyes' as brutality, scum and inhumane. Yet by the same according to source material some

  • The Geneva Convention's Influence on the Treatment of Prisoners of War

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    What is the Geneva Convention? The Geneva Convention was created to take care of prisoners of war. It contains rules about the treatment and rights of prisoners of war during captivity. A quote told by Michael Ignatieff, Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry about the Geneva convention: “...our species is one, and each of the individuals who compose it are entitled to equal moral consideration.” It sets out:  All prisoners receive a respectful treatment

  • In In Total Remission

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    In Total Remission Valentine's Day will never be the same. Four years ago, Cupid's holiday coincided with my discovery of a tumor in my cheek. Later diagnosed as a rare sarcoma, this capricious cancer has provoked me to understand myself and my passions. While I have developed new life perspectives since vying with cancer, my metamorphosis was not induced by my illness, but through learning to confront myself. My renewed outlook manifests in my leadership with the American Red Cross where I