And that is why I have reaffirmed America's commitment to abide by the Geneva Conventions.
Several countries condemned the United States for failing to abide by the Geneva Conventions.
Later on, one of them acknowledged that he didn't know what the Geneva Conventions were.
The Geneva Conventions were drafted by civilized countries for the treatment of civilized soldiers.
Rumsfeld said the guards were instructed to follow the Geneva Conventions in their treatment of the prisoners.
The Geneva Conventions recognized that great danger to civilians results when participants in hostilities masquerade as non-combatants.
"Our policy is to treat detainees humanely, and that policy is consistent with the Geneva Conventions, " he said.
Both arguments reveal a woeful and dangerous ignorance of the text, history, and purpose of the Geneva Conventions.
U.S. authorities have not classed them as prisoners of war, which would give them rights under the Geneva Conventions.
All detainees will be questioned under the rules outlined by the Geneva Conventions.
The Geneva Conventions were among the most important human rights treaties ever concluded.
The drafters of the Geneva Conventions understood that the laws of war are quickly abandoned by a desperate army.
Admiration, not mockery, will greet those who know every line of the PATRIOT Act or have memorised the Geneva Conventions.
There are nods towards various Geneva conventions and the Nuremberg trials, together with a look at the tradition of sanctuary.
Iraq's ambassador to Russia Tuesday pledged Iraq's commitment to abide by the Geneva Conventions concerning the treatment of prisoners of war.
They say that if Congress starts tweaking language to define what the Geneva Conventions mean, it could put U.S. troops at risk.
The Ethiopian authorities went ahead with bussing the Eritreans to the border - a move which the ICRC said contravened the Geneva Conventions.
They were flown from Albania to Germany where they were visited by ICRC representatives, in accordance with the Geneva Conventions on treatment of POWs.
Second, that Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions represents a minimum standard of decency that must be applied to all detainees, without exception.
Rather, the UN has focused its efforts on urging the parties on the ground to respect the Geneva conventions on the humane treatment of prisoners.
Both Mr Kalshoven and Ms Beck reject the idea, suggested by some in the United States, that the Geneva Conventions need to be rewritten to reflect modern warfare.
Holbrooke also urged Yugoslav authorities to abide by international laws set forth in the Geneva Conventions, a series of international treaties signed in Switzerland between 1864 and 1949.
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Do you realize Anonymous would never sign those Geneva Conventions?
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Some in Congress believe this cooperation fostered the climate of abuse, although Taguba said the soldiers should have known they were under orders to operate within the Geneva Conventions.
Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh, who wrote the Diplomat's Brief says that even an accused terrorist has certain basic rights to a fair trial under the Geneva Conventions.
Mr. Obama has also ordered that al Qaeda leaders are to be protected from "outrages on personal dignity" and "humiliating and degrading treatment" in accord with the Geneva Conventions.
Most disagreed with the notion that the Geneva Conventions do not apply to terrorists - even though none apparently had even read the conventions as some of us have.
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Still, "we do plan to, for the most part, treat them in a manner that is reasonably consistent with the Geneva Conventions, to the extent they are appropriate, " he said.
Indeed, said Stevens, both the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Geneva Conventions require that war crimes trials be conducted by regularly constituted courts, not special courts with special rules.
Mr. DAVID GREGORY (NBC News): Sir, with respect, if other countries interpret the Geneva Conventions as they see fit, as they see fit, you're saying that you'd be okay with that?
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