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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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“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.
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Phases de développement des lois de la guerre
3. Yugoslavie → présentement
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“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.”
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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?