August 13, 2019, marks the 70th Anniversary of the four
Geneva Conventions of 1949 (GC70).
Support for the
Geneva Conventions is vital not only to how wars are fought, but also to how they end.
Article 13 of the third
Geneva convention states that PoWs must be humanely treated and "protected, particularly against acts of violence or intimidation and against insults and public curiosity".
The US is supporting the Saudis to commit these grave breaches of the 1949
Geneva Conventions in the knowledge that such attacks will cause incidental loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects or widespread, long-term and severe damage to the natural environment which are clearly excessive in relation to the concrete and direct overall military advantage anticipated.
It is enshrined in documents ranging from the Lieber Code of 1863 to the four
Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the Additional Protocols of 1977.
The 1949
Geneva Convention provides for the protection of fundamental human rights in the event of war, including the care of wounded, sick and prisoners of war, and the protection of civilians on the battlefield or in the occupied territories.
Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (Third
Geneva Convention),
"Just as the Fourth
Geneva Convention has long protected civilians in times of war, we now need a Digital
Geneva Convention that will commit governments to protecting civilians from nation-state attacks in times of peace," Smith (https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2017/02/14/need-digital-geneva-convention/#sm.00017ufdx1173lfhivfven3q9mbh5) wrote.
25, 2006), archived at http://perma.cc/52LH-56JZ (suggesting that prior legislation could help Congress interpret certain parts of the
Geneva Convention that was considered too vague).
national, whether military or civilian, to violate the
Geneva Convention by engaging in murder, torture, or inhuman treatment.
This is most prominently featured in the
Geneva Convention, along with its additional protocols.
(9) The first
Geneva Convention, (10) adopted in 1864,