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POW/MIA
A Guide to Selected Government Information Available at WIU's Government Publications Library (Revised - 6/06) Web version of this guide includes links to web resources. Federal Government Information
Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office.
DPMO oversees the Department of Defense efforts to account for comrades
lost while serving their Nation. This booklet offers detailed
information about the DPMO and the services it offers, as well as
POW/MIA accounting by war, future recovery efforts, and family
resources. 2004
The Long Road Home: U.S. Prisoner of War Policy and Planning in Southeast Asia. A history of the United States' role in shaping prisoner of war policy during the Vietnam War. 2000
The Gulag Study.
The most recent in a series of updates on the work being done to verify
reports alleging that American servicemen were taken into the Soviet
prison camp system during World War II and the Cold War period.
The Road to Abu Ghraib:U.S. Army Detainee Doctrine and Experience.
This study examines the relationship over time between doctrine in two
branches of the Army -- Military Police and Military Intelligence --
and the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of
War. 2005
Investigation of Intelligence Activities at Abu Ghraib/Abu Ghraib Prison & 205th Military Intelligence Brigade.
This investigative military report charts all allegations considered
concerning the detainee abuse that occurred in Iraq at Abu Ghraib
prison and lists findings and recommendations. 2004
"No Shirt, No Shoes, No Status: Uniforms, Distinctions, and Special Operations in International Armed Conflict".
This article addresses some important law of war (LOW) considerations
for U.S. forces; namely, that since the LOW outlines criteria that
soldiers must meet to gain prisoner of war status and it obligates
combatants to distinguish themselves from civilians, combatants may
lose POW status based on the clothing worn and the limited conduct
engaged in at the time of capture.
"Civilian Prisoners of War: A Proposed Citizen Code of Conduct".
This article identifies the typical civilians on the battlefield,
defines their legal status upon capture, and advocates the need for
civilian-specific POW policies to be enacted.
"Afghanistan, Quirin, and Uchiyama: Does the Sauce Suit the Gander?"
Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, President Bush
issued a military order providing for trials of captured al-Qaeda and
Taliban members by military tribunals under evidentiary and appellate
rules similar to those used in military commissions during and after
World War II. This article argues that these rules violate the Geneva
Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War because they
do not provide an accused with the same rights accorded a U.S. service
member charged with a similar offense.
"Al-Qaeda & Taliban Unlawful Combatant Detainees, Unlawful Belligerency, and the International Laws of Armed Conflict."
This article concludes that, ultimately, the United States has an
obligation to the international community and the Rule of Law not to
afford POW status to captured unlawful combatants such as the al-Qaeda
and Taliban detainees in furtherance of both domestic and international
security. The Department of Defense DNA Registry. An Armed Forces Institute of Pathology department which provides worldwide scientific consultation, research, and education services in the field of forensic DNA analysis to the Department of Defense (DoD) and other agencies and also provides DNA reference specimen collection, accession, and storage of United States military and other authorized personnel. Army Mortuary Affairs History Page. This web site contains a wealth of information and photos on such topics as the National Cemetery System, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and graves and personnel recovery. lllinois Government Information
"Rock Island Prison, 1863-1865: Andersonville of the North Dispelled."
By the time the last prisoners were released in July of 1865, more than
12,000 Confederate soldiers had been incarcerated at Rock Island's
Civil War prison. This article examines the overcrowding, rampant
illness, and mismanagement there. Legal Information
The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib. The memos and
reports in this volume document the systematic attempt of the U.S.
Government to document coercive interrogation and torture in
Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, and Abu Ghraib.
Crisis in the Gulf: Enforcing the Rule of Law. This book studies the Persian Gulf War and the rule of law issues surrounding it, including prisoner of war treatment.
Congressional Quarterly's American Treaties and Alliances.
A compilation of historical documents grouped according to subject and
including the Conventions Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
"Losing Geneva in Guantanamo Bay".
This article examines the question "Does the U.S. have an obligation to
treat the Taliban and al-Qaeda detainees as prisoners of war in
accordance with the Third Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment
of Prisoners of War?" Acree v. Republic of Iraq, 271 F.Supp.2d 179. The Iraqi government is ordered to pay both compensatory and punitive damages to Gulf war POWs. Acree v. Snow, 276 F.Supp.2d 31. Court upheld the U.S. government's decision to block the above-ordered payments to POWs. Hill v. Republic of Iraq, 175 F. Supp.2d 36. Lawsuit filed by former civilian hostages who were used as "human shields".
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