Geneva Convention
Events (68)
- March 5, 2009: Law Expert Calls for Reclassification of Bagram Detention Facility 2009-03-05
- March 15, 2009: Torture Report by International Committee of the Red Cross Made Public 2009-03-15
- March 28, 2009: Spanish Court Considers War Crimes Prosecution of Former Bush Officials 2009-03-28
- April 15, 2009: Former Deputy Secretary of State: Had He Known of Bush Administration Torture, He Hopes He Would Have Resigned 2009-04-15
- April 16, 2009: Obama White House Releases Key CIA Torture Memos 2009-04-16
- April 21, 2009: Senate Committee Releases Report Documenting Bush Administration Torture Decisions 2009-04-21
- April 25, 2009: New York Times Uses Term ‘Brutal,’ Refuses to Use ‘Torture’ in Reporting 2009-04-25
- April 30, 2009: Former White House Counsel: Rice May Have Admitted to Criminal Conspiracy over Bush Torture Policies 2009-04-30
- January 2002 and After: Military Psychologists Propose Series of ‘Harsh’ Interrogation Methods that Amount to Torture
- February 2006: Former Navy General Counsel Says Administration’s Response to 9/11 Flawed from Beginning, Led to Torture
- April - June 2002: Zubaida Interrogated, Tortured by CIA Interrogators in Thailand Prison
- Between May and Late 2006: CIA Bans Use of Waterboarding
- July 2002: Complaints over Torture Results in Memo Granting Retroactive Legal ‘Immunity’
- June 2007: Author Finds Parallels Between Watergate and Post-9/11 Eras
- Early 2006: Architect of Iraq War Expresses Pride in Decision to Ignore Geneva Conventions in Interrogating Detainees
- Fall 2003: Chief Interrogations Officer Acknowledges Detainees Subjected to Stress Positions at Abu Ghraib
- Late 2005: Pentagon Refuses to Adopt Proposal Directing Military to Observe Geneva Convention Article
- (Late July) 2007: OLC Issues Secret Memo Explicating Torture Methods