DOS Cable re: Meetings with the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Regarding the Global War on Terrorism

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State Department cable concerning a meeting with the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) regarding the global war on terror, status of detainees and military commission.

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Wednesday, June 19, 2002
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/19/2007
TAGS: IFRC ICRC MOPS
SUBJECT: ICRC: MEETINGS WITH THE ICRC REGARDING THE GLOBAL
WAR ON TERRORISM, STATUS OF DETAINEES, MILITARY COMMISSIONS

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CLASSIFIED BY: STEVE SOLOMON, MISSION DEPUTY LEGAL ADVISER,•FOR REASONS

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1. (C) SUMMARY, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT, JCS, AND
DOD MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ICRC ON THREE OCCASIONS
FROM MAY 21-23 IN GENEVA AS PART OF AN ONGOING DIALOGUE IN
THE AFTERMATH OF SEPTEMBER 11. THE FIRST TWO MEETINGS
FOCUSED ON MILITARY COMMISSIONS, THE STATUS OF DETAINEES, AND
THE APPLICABILITY OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW TO THE

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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REVIEW AUTHORITY: SHARON E AHMAD DATE/CASE ID: 06 DEC 2004 200303827 UNCLASSIFIED
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CONVENTIONS REMAINS ESSENTIALLY UNCHANQD,I

2..(U) BEGIN TEXT OF A STATEMENT BY FM ANNA LINDH (INFORMAL EMBASSY TRANSLATION):•
-- THE NEW MILITARY ORDER THAT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE RUMSFELD PRESENTED IS A CLEAR IMPROVEMENT COMPARED TO EARLIER PROPOSALS. THE AMERICAN SIDE STATES IT HAS STRIVEN TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION VIEWS OF OTHER GOVERNMENTS, AS WELL AS FROM HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS, WHICH I WELCOME.
-- IT IS GOOD THAT ACCUSED PERSONS WILL RECEIVE THE RIGHT OF LEGAL DEFENSE AND CAN EVEN DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES WHICH ATTORNEY THEY WANT TO REPRESENT THEM AND THAT THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF APPEALING THE COMMISSION'S JUDGMENT.
-- I STILL THINK THE'AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION IS OBLIGATED
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PAGE 031STOCKH 00505 251708Z TO TREAT THE PRISONERS AS PRISONERS OF WAR UNTIL A COURT HAS DECIDED OTHERWISE, AND COMPLETELY APPLY THE GENEVA CONVENTION. NATURALLY, THE DEATH PENALTY IS ALWAYS IN EVERY SITUATION, UNACCEPTABLE FOR EU COUNTRIES.
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