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The Third Geneva Convention is probably the most recognized and important treaty concerning prisoners of war to ever be put down on paper that is recognized by the world over. Though this treaty is very thorough and complete in its wording regarding those that are affected and bound by its wording, there still is one major defect in the treaty that needs to be rectified and dealt with. This flaw is that there is no independent court body or commission that oversees abuses by parties against others in regards to their mistreatment or torture. Persons who find themselves at the hands of captors only have international courts or commissions as well as domestic courts to hear their cases. This can cause an untimely delay in hearing these cases, …show more content…

These were the Nuremberg Trials, and they were specifically set up to prosecute the top level of members of the nazi party and military commanders that were responsible for the genocide and murder of the Jewish race or crimes against humanity and peace. The “Nuremberg Trials are now regarded as a milestone toward the establishment of a permanent international court.” (History) This was the first time that the international community set up a court for a specific event only. It did not hear other cases or issues. Its sole focus was on Germany behavior during WWII. We also set up similar courts in Tokyo after WWII, as well as a court for the mass killings in Rwanda in 1994 that judged those responsible for this …show more content…

It’s of its primary objectives are to “understand, deconstruct, and unpack the uses of international law as a medium for the creation and perpetuation of a racialized hierarchy of international norms and institutions that subordinate non-Europeans to Europeans. Second, it seeks to construct and present an alternative normative legal edifice for international governance. Finally, TWAIL seeks through scholarship, policy, and politics to eradicate the conditions of underdevelopment in the Third World.” (Mutua) TWAIL may be a bit different that it not only uses a court, but also diplomacy to address serious problems, but it is a specific issue that the international community has set up specifically for one prime purpose. This is what needs to be done with Geneva III and the treatment of persons that are captured or held without charge. As an international community, we set up different organizations to watch certain developments going on. The International Atomic Energy Agency, (IAEA) is one such agency. The United Nations inspection team, (UNMOVIC) reports to the Security Council on a specific issue of compliance on weaponry that has been banned. (Sandholtz) These two examples show that we regularly set up institutions for specific purposes. A distinct court set up for one issue as we have shown has not only been done in the past, but it is

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