Press Briefing with Stephen J. Rapp Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
This is an area in which the United States has been a leader from the time of Nuremberg. I can speak from personal experience as a former prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and as chief prosecutor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, of the support given by administrations of both parties to international justice as it has been conducted at the ad hoc or temporary tribunals.
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Harold Hongju Koh: “The rule of law is the cornerstone of President Obama’s approach to national security policy. As everyone here is aware, the relationship between the United States and the Geneva Conventions has been the subject of much international commentary since September 11, 2001 …Today, it is clear that individuals taken into custody by the United States must, as a matter of law, be treated humanely.”
Read moreU.S. Delegation Intervention in Support of Article 3 on International Humanitarian Law
We are eager to start our paragraph by paragraph discussion of this article, but we think it may be appropriate to make some general comments at the outset. Before that, however, let me thank you for your tireless efforts on this topic that has proven exceedingly challenging. While there are obviously different views among delegations about how to approach Article 3, I think there is complete consensus that you have worked extremely hard and inclusively to help us make progress on the issue of international humanitarian law (or IHL).
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