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Human Rights & The Geneva Convention In Latin America
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April 28, 2008 http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1735671,00.html
Three U.S. hostages in Colombia, seen for the first time since their capture, make an emotional videotaped plea for help. (CBS) http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/06/60ii/main576739.shtml
Ingrid Betancourt was kidnapped in February 2002 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4456434.stm
Stansell's father Gene (left), son Kyle and mother Lynne spoke with reporters outside the Colombian ambassador's residence in New York in September 2007 George Gonsalves poses with a photograph of his son Marc Gonsalves (C), Keith Stansell (L) and Thomas Howes at his home in Hebron, Connecticut February 12, 2008. http://www.newsweek.com/id/109286 http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/article slideshow?articleid=usn1225948020080212& channelname=topnews#a=1
Silvio Hernandez holds a picture of his kidnapped son, Elquin, during a demonstration outside Colombia's Congress. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2005/09/07/ar200509070 2199.html
There are now two dozen American companies here, with the contracts for antidrug programs worth $178 million last year. They spray coca fields, operate eavesdropping devices, organize alternative development programs, repair airplanes, assess intelligence and advise the Colombian Defense Ministry. http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=7830
Farc rebels want senior leaders released http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/ 4743951.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/ame ricas/4719959.stm
US urges FARC to free US hostages US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack
France has campaigned for the release of Ingrid Betancourt http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4654440.stm
Columbia's president has accepted the counties Roman Catholic's bishops offer to mediate in the conflict with the country's left-wing rebels. http://www.christiantoday.com/article/c olombia.accepts.church.mediation/3767. htm
The US government bankrolls the Colombian government to the tune of more than $600m a year President Alvaro Uribe previously ruled out exchanging rebel hostages for guerrillas serving sentences for crimes like murder and kidnapping. However, next year is an election year and he is hoping to win another term http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4719959.stm
http://www.cnn.com/2008/world/americas/ 07/02/betancourt.colombia/index.html
Misuse of the Red Cross emblem is governed by articles 37, 38 and 85 of Additional Protocol One to the Geneva Conventions, the international rules of war. The articles prohibit feigning of protected status by the use of emblems of neutral parties and say that such misuses are considered breaches of international humanitarian law that qualify as a war crime. Intentional misuse of the Red Cross symbol is a violation of the Geneva Conventions, as it can place humanitarian war zone workers in serious danger and undermines neutrality of the Red Cross. http://www.cnn.com/2008/world/americas/07/15/colombia.red.cross/index.html
France Colombian Families ICRC Colombia Bishops US DEA CIA FARC Colombian Hostages US Families Corps US Hostages Ingrid Betancourt
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Per spect i ve f r om... Perspective consciousness 5 groups of individuals 3 Non-Government Organizations 3 Nation States 1 Treaty Based Organization
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Knowledge of Global Dynamics? The ICRC loses credibility War Crimes Committed A Rescue Plot is Hatched The Catholic Church tries to Negotiate X Colombian Government rejects demands Employees taken hostage by Revolutionaries USA fights drug trafficking
Awareness of Human Choice twin-engine Beech King Air 300's Do the ends Justify the means misuse of international emblems single-engine Cessna Caravan
Human Rights & The Geneva Convention In Latin America Robert Bailey, University of South Florida