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Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Legal opinion on transfer of detainees from Iraq under Geneva IV [US DOJ]
1:34 PM ET

Draft legal opinion for White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales on the applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War to detainees held by the US in occupied Iraq [concluding that it does not apply to non-Iraqi detainees], US Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel, March 19, 2004 [disclosed October 25, 2004]. Read the memo here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.



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