Question

Which of the following statements is true? The Charter of the United Nations protects the rights of any person captured during an act of war. The Geneva Conventions and Protocols protects the rights of people captured during an act of war. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights defines when it is appropriate to hold a prisoner of war. The Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution defines when it is appropriate to hold a prisoner of war.

Answer 1

The right choice is option B. The Geneva Conventions and Protocols protects the rights of people captured during an act of war. The Geneva Conventions and Protocols are formed by four treaties that states the humanitarian treatment in war, the medical treatment during the war and the war prisoners' rights. For example, the international organization of the Red Cross was established after the first Geneva Conventions, as a way to give humane treatment to the wounded soldiers and civilians without discriminating them because of their nationality.

Answer 2

"The Geneva Conventions and Protocols protects the rights of people captured during an act of war" and "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights defines when it is appropriate to hold a prisoner of war" are both true.