THE USE OF TORTURE VIOLATES THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS
The Geneva Conventions are four treaties and three additional protocols that are the indisputable standard of international law for humanitarian treatment in war. The Geneva Conventions regulate the conduct of armed conflict, and set forth protections for civilians and humanitarian workers, as well as others directly involved with conflict such as wounded & sick soldiers and prisoners of war.
The first Geneva Convention protects wounded and sick soldiers on land during war, the second Geneva Convention protects wounded, sick and shipwrecked military personnel at sea during war, the third Geneva Convention addresses prisoners of war, and the fourth establishes wartime protections for civilians. Protocol I addresses the protection of victims of international armed conflicts, Protocol II addresses the protection of victims of non-international armed conflicts, and Protocol III addresses the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem.
The United States ratified Geneva Conventions I - IV in 1955. Protocols I and II have been signed but not ratified, and Protocol III was ratified in 2007. The first ten articles of the First Geneva Convention, which was the original Geneva Convention, were created in 1864. The United States ratified the original Geneva Convention in 1882.
Evidence:
The Third Geneva Convention. "Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War." First adopted in 1929, last revision in 1949.
Third Geneva Convention, Part II, Article 13
Prisoners of war must at all times be humanely treated. Any unlawful act or omission by the Detaining Power causing death or seriously endangering the health of a prisoner of war in its custody is prohibited, and will be regarded as a serious breach of the present Convention. In particular, no prisoner of war may be subjected to physical mutilation or to medical or scientific experiments of any kind which are not justified by the medical, dental or hospital treatment of the prisoner concerned and carried out in his interest.
Likewise, prisoners of war must at all times be protected, particularly against acts of violence or intimidation and against insults and public curiosity.
Measures of reprisal against prisoners of war are prohibited.