Is there a waiver in the Geneva Convention?

[Liberal Veteran]

Is there a waiver in the Geneva Convention that allows the US to ignore it for political expedience?

The reason I ask is the photos. Propaganda does not necessarily have to be true or untrue, it is designed for a specific purpose: to have a public relations impact either to demoralize the enemy or help your case. So this most definitely is a propaganda ploy.

Showing pictures of the sons for expediencie's sake, whether true or untrue, would specifically be what the Geneva Convention ban on such activity was created to stop.

Any thoughts? Or am I just way off base here?

Editted for grammar and spelling.

[imax2268]

1. I'm with ya...

but I'm going to see how things develop...I think that BushCo has shot themselves in the foot this time...

Things should get interesting the next few days/weeks...

[junker]

2. US is not a signatory so no worries

check it out. much is made of GC but US of A ain't a party to it.

[Liberal Veteran]

4. Are you being ironic?

Or sarcastic?

Since when is the US not signatory to the Geneva Convention?

[Rose Siding]

5. The US is a Signatory of the Conventions

but not of the subsequent Protocols

ICRC

[Rose Siding]

3. It may violate Art. 34 as well-

Section III, Article 34 of the 1st Geneva Protocol says:

Art. 34. Remains of deceased

1. The remains of persons who have died for reasons related to occupation or in detention resulting from occupation or hostilities and those or persons not nationals of the country in which they have died as a result of hostilities shall be respected, and the gravesites of all such persons shall be respected, maintained and marked as provided for in Article 130 of the Fourth Convention, where their remains or gravesites would not receive more favourable consideration under the Conventions and this Protocol.

2. As soon as circumstances and the relations between the adverse Parties permit, the High Contracting Parties in whose territories graves and, as the case may be, other locations of the remains of persons who have died as a result of hostilities or during occupation or in detention are situated, shall conclude agreements in order: (a) to facilitate access to the gravesites by relatives of the deceased and by representatives of official graves registration services and to regulate the practical arrangements for such access; (b) to protect and maintain such gravesites permanently; (c) to facilitate the return of the remains of the deceased and of personal effects to the home country upon its request or, unless that country objects, upon the request of the next of kin.

http://www.globalissuesgroup.com/geneva/protocol1.html

edit- but it looks like the US never signed on for this one, as though that would have mattered :-(