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Originally Posted by hevusa There is no way the Geneva Convention allows our government to hold people indefinitely, without being charged, and without the right to a trial.
If you state that they only have to grant these rights after the war that is bullshit because the "War on Terror" is so vague that it might never end. | The Geneva Convention does not allow us to hold people indefinitely, but it does not specify the amount of days or years that a POW/Enemy Combatant can be held for.
"Prisoners of war shall be released and repatriated without delay after the cessation of active hostilities." http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/91.htm
Section II
RELEASE AND REPATRIATION OF PRISONERS OF WAR AT THE CLOSE OF HOSTILITIES
Article 118
That sentence means that POWs HAVE to be released once the force that the POWs belonged to and/or its allies have surrendered or made terms of agreement to stop or end a war. You can argue that they are enemy combatants and not POWs. But, enemy combatants that have been captured are infact prisoners of war. the bush administration is stupid for not having used the term POW, which would allow it to hold POWs without anybody being able to complain about it. I wonder why they have now -- San Fernando Valley's where it's at |