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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
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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?
