Article 13
Prisoners of war must at all times be humanely treated. Any unlawful act or omission by
the Detaining Power causing death or seriously endangering the health of a prisoner of war
in its custody is prohibited, and will be regarded as a serious breach of the present
Convention. In particular, no prisoner of war may be subjected to physical mutilation or to
medical or scientific experiments of any kind which are not justified by the medical, dental
or hospital treatment of the prisoner concerned and carried out in his interest.
Likewise, prisoners of war must at all times be protected, particularly against acts of
violence or intimidation and against insults and public curiosity.
Measures of reprisal against prisoners of war are prohibited.
http://www.nancymatson.com/lessonplans/obj_rumsfeld.htm Sun Mar 23,12:59 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
said that for Iraq to allow the filming of purported US prisoners of
war would be a violation of the Geneva Convention.
And he added that it would be "unfortunate" for international news
organisations to show the images.
Al-Jazeera, the Arab satellite channel, broadcast images ...
"The Geneva Convention indicates that it's not permitted to
photograph and embarrass or humiliate prisoners of war," he said
after CBS showed a snippet of the tape aired by al-Jazeera
television.
"It seems to me that showing a few pictures on the screen, not
knowing who they are and being communicated by al-Jazeera,
which is not a perfect instrument of communication, obviously is
part of Iraqi propaganda," he told the US network.
Later on CNN, Rumsfeld reaffirmed the Geneva Convention case
against humiliating prisoners. "Its something that the United States
does not do. Needless to say, television networks that carry such
pictures, I would say are doing something that's unfortunate."
http://slate.msn.com/id/2080617/#ContinueArticle Those who violate the stipulations of the Geneva Conventions, such as the
stipulation in Article 13 of the third convention that POWs must be
protected against "insults and public curiosity," risk being tried as war
criminals at the International Criminal Court. The ICRC, hoping to give the
conventions some teeth, was a prime proponent of the court's creation.
Sorry everyone: I lost my net connex just after that post.
I had intended to comment that it is difficult for me to see how any news organization could be charged, but it is also pretty clear from some other info I ran across the other day that the humiliation itself did not get into the "war crimes" area.
I'll continue looking for that for a little while...
Thank you for pinging me to all your research. I too hope that this will be the Beast's final undoing. And there is something about this one, that makes me think it will finally happen.