Question

Proponents of the ______ approach to the war argue that prisoners arrested following 9/11 are to be considered prisoners of war (POWs) until a competent tribunal determines otherwise

Answer 1

Answer:

Geneva Convention for the Treatment of Prisoners of War (GPW)

Explanation: The Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War was first adopted in 1929, but significantly revised at the 1949 conference.

It defines humanitarian protections for prisoners of war. There are 196 state parties to the Convention.

The President’s decision to deny the detainees prisoner-of-war (POW) status remains a point of contention, in particular with respect to members of the Taliban, with some arguing that it is based on an inaccurate interpretation of the Geneva Convention for the Treatment of Prisoners of War (GPW), which they assert requires that all combatants captured on the battlefield are entitled to be treated as POWs until an independent tribunal has determined otherwise.