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Had the people of the United States (and G.W. Bush's own lawyers!) been familiar with Geneva Conventions, perhaps the atrocities perpetrated by the Bush admin. against Iraqis would have been prevented. For example, read Jane Mayer's The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals., chap. 11, "Blowback."

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International Humanitarian Law - Fourth 1949 Geneva ConventionConvention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949. Full text [Display Introduction] [Display articles] ...
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The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols
The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are at the core of international humanitarian law, the body of international law that regulates the conduct of armed conflict and seeks to limit its effects. They specifically protect people who are not taking part in the hostilities (civilians, health workers and aid workers) and those who are no longer participating in the hostilities, such as wounded, sick and shipwrecked soldiers and prisoners of war. Read full overview Sixty years of the Geneva Conventions
Sixty years of the Geneva Conventions: learning from the past to better face the future Geneva Conventions still going strong at 60 Sixty years of the Geneva Conventions and the decades ahead The Geneva Conventions of 1949: origins and current significance The Geneva Conventions Today Previous storiesNext storiesMore
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Sixty years of the Geneva Conventions: learning from the past to better face the future Ceremony to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, Geneva, 12 August 2009. The Geneva Conventions and Public International Law. British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Conference commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, London, 9 July 2009 More
Commentary on the Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem (Protocol III) Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem The reservations to the Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions for the protection of war victims Accession to the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 by Trinidad and Tobago Domestic law
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Distinction: Protecting civilians in armed conflict
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The Geneva Conventions of August 12 1949
Full text of the four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949.

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