WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has decided to omit from new detainee policies a key tenet of the Geneva Convention that explicitly bans “humiliating and degrading treatment,” according to knowledgeable ...

With the mistreatment of prisoners of war making headlines, today’s lesson takes a look at the Geneva Convention. Whenever a war occurs, it is inevitable that both sides will take prisoners. Sometimes ...

*We'll cut to the chase and just list the stuff that Microsoft thinks that governments and armies really shouldn't be doing. *I'm not sure that governments and armies directly do much of any of this ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GENEVA (AP) — At its 75th anniversary, the ...

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When the Pentagon issues a new version of its Army Field Manual, it must include provisions against abusing prisoners. The formal prescription against maltreatment is necessary to restore confidence, ...

In 1859, Swiss businessman Henry Dunant witnessed the Battle of Solferino, in Italy. He couldn’t believe the lack of aid for the wounded soldiers and came up with two ideas – a voluntary aid ...