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The DOJ and the Geneva Conventions: Getting Rights Wrong

JURIST Contributing Editor Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says that recently disclosed US Department of Justice letters on detainee interrogations reflect a misleading and erroneous understanding of the Geneva Conventions in the Read More...

Published Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:07 PM by JURIST - Forum

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