Memorandum to the President of the United States Re: Application of Treaties and Laws to al Qaeda...

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Memorandum to the President of the United States

Re: Application of Treaties and Laws to al Qaeda And Taliban Detainees

US Department of Justice

Office of Legal

Counsel(Bybee et al.)

January 22, 2002

“We conclude that these treaties do not protect ... the al Qaeda organization,

which as a non-state actor cannot be a party to the international agreements

governing war. We further conclude that … these treaties do not protect … the

Taliban ...”

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1. Pré-1930

Phases de développement des lois de la guerre

2. 1930 → récemment

c.

Phases de développement des lois de la guerre

3. Yugoslavie → présentement

“A decision to apply the principles of the Geneva Conventions or of other laws of war as a matter of policy, not law, would be fully consistent with the past practice of

the United States.”

Questions

1. Est-ce nécéssaire d'utiliser la torture envers les prisoniers de guerre pour protéger ces propres citoyens?

2. À quoi servent les conventions internationales si le pays le plus puissant du monde ne les reconnaît pas?

3. La nouvelle administration américaine a t'elle apporté des changements au comportement de son gouvernemment envers les traités et lois internationales?