Talk:Extrajudicial detention
Latest comment: 11 years ago by Geo Swan in topic extrajudicial detention and the Geneva Conventions
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extrajudicial detention and the Geneva Conventions edit
The 2nd paragraph currently starts:
Although it has a long history of legitimate use in wartime (see prisoner of war, Civilian Internee), detention without charge, sometimes in secret, has been one of the hallmarks of totalitarian states.
I question this passage. I question whether captives detained in a manner compliant with the Geneva Conventions are in extrajudicial deention, as when a country signs the Geneva Conventions is tantamount to the country passing a law authorizing this kind of detention.
In particular, the USA officially went on record that their detention of captives taken in the "war on terror" were NOT protected by the Geneva Conventions. Geo Swan (talk) 01:12, 10 June 2012 (UTC)