Event: Geneva conventions

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Doctors Without Borders demands probe into strike

Doctors Without Borders has called for an independent and unprecedented fact-finding mission to investigate a US air strike on a hospital run by the medical aid group in Afghanistan that killed at least 22 people.

International law just an irritant to Israel

We should take in exonerated detainees

Spurious bid to link atrocities to Lisbon Treaty result

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Bush ‘overstepped’ mark on war crimes trials

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US Supreme Court rules Bush overstepped authority

The United States does not commit, authorise or condone torture

WHILE we strongly support your paper’s right to call Guantanamo “America’s concentration camp” (Examiner, Feb 18), such a characterisation is highly irresponsible and overly emotional concerning the report by five UN-appointed rapporteurs.

Fri, 24 Feb, 2006

Arm the gardaí and declare open season on gangs

WHEN will the liberals among us grow up?

Thu, 01 Dec, 2005

Stalin, Bush and the totalitarian economy

YOUR columnist Rónán Mullen’s criticism of Amnesty International (Irish Examiner, June 22) revealed an absurd political misconception that should come as no surprise by now to anyone with a clear insight as to what is happening in Iraq.

Sat, 02 Jul, 2005

Saddam given POW status

Saddam Hussein has been given the status of a prisoner of war, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today.

Mon, 15 Dec, 2003

Andrews slams US on security as Red Cross cuts staff in Baghdad over safety

IRISH Red Cross chairman David Andrews said US forces were obliged by international law to protect humanitarian organisations, workers and aid agency staff from attack in Iraq.

Tue, 26 Aug, 2003