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Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
Geneva, 12 August 1949
…the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons:
- violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture;
- taking of hostages;
- outrages upon personal dignity, in particular, humiliating and degrading treatment;
- the passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples.
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It seems clear enough to me. It also seems right! What is it that Mr. Bush thinks needs to be clarified? …
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