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ICRC head calls for greater compliance with Geneva Conventions on 60th anniversary
August 12, 2009
[JURIST] International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) [official website] President Jakob Kellenberger on Wednesday called for greater compliance [press release] with the Geneva Conventions [ICRC backgrounder], making the documents' 60th anniversary [press release]. Kellenberger said that the conv....... [more] 
Liberia ex-president Taylor takes stand denying war crimes allegations
July 14, 2009
[JURIST] Former Liberian president Charles Taylor [case materials; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday denied war crimes allegations [recorded video] while testifying for the first time at his trial in the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official website]. Taylor faces 11 counts [indictment, PDF]....... [more]
Liberia ex-president Taylor begins defense against war crimes charges
July 13, 2009
[JURIST] Former Liberian president Charles Taylor [JURIST news archive] began his defense [case materials] Monday against war crimes charges [indictment, PDF] that include 11 counts of crimes against humanity, violations of the Geneva Conventions, and other violations of international humanitarian l....... [more]
UN adds new dangerous chemicals to treaty blacklist
May 9, 2009
[JURIST] The UN Environment Programme [official website], meeting in Geneva on Saturday, decided to add nine chemicals [press release] to its list of banned chemicals under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) [official website]. Not all the added chemicals will be banned....... [more]
Eleventh Circuit upholds Noriega extradition to France
April 9, 2009
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit [official website] upheld [text, PDF] Wednesday a lower court decision denying the habeas corpus petition of former Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega [BBC backgrounder, JURIST news archive] and authorizing his extradition to France. T....... [more]
Human rights leaders call for investigation into recent Gaza conflict
March 16, 2009
[JURIST] A group of 16 human rights investigators and judges "shocked to the core" by the events during the most recent Gaza conflict [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] have called for a full investigation of possible violations of the Geneva Conventions [link to texts] in an open letter [text]....... [more]
Guantanamo meets Geneva Convention requirements: Pentagon report
February 21, 2009
[JURIST] A report prepared for the Pentagon by US Navy Admiral Patrick Walsh [official profile] has concluded that the Guantanamo Bay detention center [JURIST news archive] meets the requirements of the Geneva Conventions [ICRC materials], according to Friday statements from US officials who have re....... [more]
Poland trial begins for soldiers accused of murdering Afghan civilians
February 4, 2009
[JURIST] The court martial for seven Polish soldiers accused of killing six civilians in Afghanistan began Tuesday in Poland. The solders are being prosecuted [Gazeta report, in Polish] for violating provisions of Geneva Conventions [ICRC materials], which provide protection for civilian villages th....... [more]
Poland trial begins for soldiers accused of murdering Afghan civilians
February 4, 2009
[JURIST] The court martial for seven Polish soldiers accused of killing six civilians in Afghanistan began Tuesday in Poland. The solders are being prosecuted for violating provisions of Geneva Conventions, which provide protection for civilian villages....... [more]
DOJ says terror threat could excuse abusive interrogation
April 27, 2008
'[JURIST] The US Justice Department told a member of the US Senate Intelligence Committee that abusive or humiliating interrogations of terror suspects ostensibly prohibited by the common article 3 of the Geneva Conventions on"outrages upon personal....... [more]
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