OLC Memo: Status of Taliban Forces Under Article 4 of the Third Geneva Convention of 1949

This February 7, 2002 OLC memo from Jay Bybee finds that the President has "reasonable factual grounds" to determine that no members of the Taliban militia are entitled prisoner of war status under Article 4 of the third Geneva Convention (1949).

Doc_type: 
Legal Memo
Doc_date: 
Thursday, February 7, 2002
Doc_rel_date: 
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Doc_nid: 
11916
Doc_type_num: 
62