Third Geneva Convention's Proliferation To Treat Prisoners Of War

There is a fine line between taking the enemy captive as part of war and torturing them. I believe that during war it is inevitable that people are going to be held captive as part of war, but there is some sort of humanity that needs to be upheld at the end of the day. There are many international treaties such as the Geneva Convention that many nations are a part of. The idea behind the convention is to make sure that all of the nations are on board with one another on how they are going to treat people. The problem is that most other nations besides the United States have a different mindset of how they operate and how they believe people should be treated in situations of war or high profile people. Most people would like to live in the United States because of all of the rights everyone has here in the country.

Another excruciating obstacle that prisoners sometimes faced was torture. Torture was against the Geneva Accords, but then again, so were many other acts that the NVA and Vietcong (VC) committed against American POWs. Torture sometimes only consisted of a few blows with a bamboo stick, to an all out beating until the prisoner was unconscious, to sometimes even worse acts of violence.

Roughly 70,000 of the Japanese that had been displaced and relocated to theses camps were Americans citizens. There were never charges brought against them but they were not able to petition their incarceration. While incarcerated they lost their homes and all of their property. They tried to argue that this was unconstitutional to the government but the Supreme Court upheld their decision.

Guantanamo Bay in Cuba houses some of the most dangerous people. The people being held have ranged in committing various crimes. What makes Guantanamo Bay well known is how the time period a detainee has spent in prison without a trial. While in prison for an extensive period of time, a detainee is bound to receive discipline for not following the guards. There are often a variety of different methods that the guards use to teach discipline to the detainees. All who follow Guantanamo Bay as institution often criticizes the measures taken. What makes Guantanamo Bay an ironic place to start this journey is because Guantanamo Bay is at the center of attention to a very important, controversial law passed in 2006. The controversial law was

This paper will explore three separate cases, providing facts about the apprehension and detention of enemy combatants, assessing the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, and will explain whether any rights were denied or granted in contrast with each other. Anyone engaging in aggressive or hostile behavior towards a country is held to several political and constitutional legalities as explored in the three following cases.

Colombia has endured vicious conflicts throughout its country for the past 36 years. It is considered to be the one of the most violent places in the world, with a murder rate of eight times greater than the United States. Colombia’s army troops, consisting of the 12th Brigade, rebels, guerillas and paramilitaries, have not made the horrendous war any better. Washington has singled out the 12th Brigade for it’s severe brutality towards civilians to the point of U.S aid suspension. The Colombian people constantly live in fear, not only from criminals, but their own troops as well. In the article, “Columbian Army to Push Human Rights” armed forces commander General Fernando Tapias says, “Civilians should find, in a soldier, a defender of

POWs captured in Afghanistan and held at camp X-ray is in violation of the Geneva

The torture of captured suspects is contrarian to the values of the American legal system because generally captured suspects are supposed to entitled to due process, according to Amendment V of the United States Constitution: “no person shall be . . . deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.” Guantanamo Bay”. Terrorist which are held captive by the American government are presumed guilty but are not being given a fair chance to seek representation in a court of law or have fall range access to their attorneys once they find themselves in a conflict. In my opinion, terrorists should have the opportunity to have their cases reviewed and be given a fighting chance instead of being held for an indefinite amount of time without due process or trial. The U.S

In World War Two the Japanese army was dominating large portions of the Pacific islands and Asian countries. When the Japanese were conquering these islands they imprisoned thousands of Australian soldiers. The Japanese had numerous prisoner of war camps or P.O.W camps throughout the course of World War II. Within these camps prisoners were beaten, deprived of food and basic sanitation, which resulted in many deaths. This treatment of P.O.W’s didn’t cooperate with the Geneva conventions, which they had promised to institute into their army code of conduct before the war. This resulted in the allied armies attacking the war camps and liberating the prisoners in 1945. After the war the Japanese were put on trial for their crimes. The Japanese

There is a great deal of information and harshness that falls under the category of torture. Although all of the things that these prisoners had to endure may not be listed a great deal of them are. These prisoners had to go through things such as, inhumane living conditions, starvation, lack of medical attention, murder, beatings, brutal treatment, forced labor, and also horrifying medical experiments. The average ordinary person has not had to experience any of the things that were just listed. The normal everyday person does not know what it is like to experience any of those things. Those are horrible things to have to go through and they prisoners who fought for their lives in the War and throughout the Prisons are heroes. These prisoners went through all of these horrible things for this country, The United States of America. The amount of torture that they had to go through is nothing that we will ever be able to

Guantanamo bay detention camp is one of the most controversial topic in the area of international law. From its inception in 1934, when it’s 45 square miles of land was leased to the USA by Cuba for building a naval station, it has come a long way to become an epitome of torture, cruel and degrading punishments and various other human rights violation. The Guantanamo bay came into worldwide speculation when it detained more than 700 people, almost all Muslims, from Afghanistan and Pakistan, suspected of terrorist activities or association with a terrorist organization. This was in context to the 9/11 attacks when the Bush government declared a ‘War on Terror’. For over a decade under the administration

Well, prisoners weren’t treated very well. Prisoners of war were not criminals’ they didn’t do anything wrong they were just defending they’re country. Of course this was an offense to the enemy. Their own countries because of desertion have executed more than 400 soldiers. Desertion is a huge problem that many countries face during wartime. An example: a young man is forced to leave his home with all of his

One figure of prisoner of war captures in Iraq by the US and UK forces are more than 5,300, and many still being captured today (Kelley). The treatment of these prisoners should follow strict guidelines of the proper treatment of the prison war. Many problems have occurred with the mistreatment of prisoners, especially in the wake of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. Here is one account: “According to the U.S. Army, one Iraqi prisoner was told to stand on a box with his head covered, wires attached to his hands. He was told that if he fell off the box, he would be electrocuted.” (Abuse of Iraqi POWs by GIs Probed).

In 1949 the second Geneva Conventions were composed as a response to World War II, and the Holocaust, which caused mass extermination and detention of civilians. The convention was erected in order to prevent future harm to civilians and act as a form of protection during times of armed conflict by outlining the norms of conduct for countries during war time. According to the Geneva Conventions all forms of torture and cruel and degrading treatment that cause severe pain and/or physical and mental suffering are illegal under international law. Additionally, states must act to ensure that any form of torture not previously mentioned or defined that causes humiliation, inhumane treatment, degradation, or punishment is not committed against the detainees. In order to safeguard the ideals of the conventions, it is required that all military personnel be educated in the laws enacted. In the prisons of Abu Ghraib and Bagram, the chain of command began to fail as requests for treatment

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is originally a naval base that was once used to house detention facilities for Haitian and Cuban refugees fleeing to the United States. It was also used as a refueling station for Navy ships. It was then converted into a high level detention facility to house enemy troops captured in the War on Terror campaign by Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfield. It has three main camps that house the prisoners. These prisoners of war were later referred to as enemy combatants. They were excluded from the prisoner of war statutes of the Geneva Convention because of their involvement in a foreign terrorist organization and therefore earning themselves the title of terrorists. The Guantanamo Bay Detention Center served as the perfect location to send these terrorists. It allowed the United States to strip them of any due process or protection that is provided by US law. Due to its location, being in foreign territory they are only subjected to military law. They are close enough for them to be monitored without interference of intentional agencies or international oversight. Furthermore, the US Government is holding these men without due process because they are deemed too dangerous to be released into the public because of their associations with terrorist organizations and possession of valuable information relating to National Security such as location of key members of a terrorist groups, whereabouts. However, the United States cannot release those