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[nathanrutledge]

Unfortunately, the Conventions DON'T address this situation. By their own standards they aren't soldiers, nor are they civilians. They don't fit into either camp by either definition, although I understand the argument that they should be considered soldiers.

At the same time, if they want the protections afforded by the Geneva Conventions, all they have to do is get a "fixed, distinctive sign recognizable at a distance" and "conduct their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war." Those are the tripping points for them. They are hiding amongst the civilian population, laying booby traps that maim and kill not only their enemy but innocents as well.

The only way I can see this getting resolved is if another convention is called and this situation is addressed by either putting them into soldier/civilian camp or by creating a new category for them. However, as evidenced by the actions of governments since the end of WW2, I'd say there is a reason that they haven't already been classified one way or the other (see France; re: Algeria, Russia; re: Chechnya, Latin America; re: Contras, revolution, North Korea; re:North Korea).

Of course, writing one's Congressman and demanding accountability and higher standards than the conventions require (either in reality or as we'd like to interpret them) is probably the best way to get action. Which doesn't really give much hope or comfort, does it?

[zipper]

You're right. Governments wouldn't want the conventions applied to internal uprisings.

I would write if I thought that it would make a difference, but I know it wouldn't.

[bacasper]

Bandage their tiny, traumatized genitalia and hand them back to their mothers?

I could only endure a few seconds of the video referenced in the memo below. Watching it without the sound is cheating.

MEMORANDUM

To: Senator Thomas Carper and The Senate Finance Committee
From: James W. Prescott, Ph.D.
Subject: Public Finding of The Genital Mutilation of Children
Date: 22 October 2009

The Genital Mutilation of Children is an Act of Torture, which has no medical justification and must be prohibited by law for the reasons summarized in the following Memorandum.

You are urged to prohibit the expenditure of any public funds on this unnecessary medical practice in any Health Reform Act that is proposed.

You are also urged to view the genital mutilation of a newborn infant with its cries of torture that is unlike any baby cry that you have heard. This video clip is very difficult to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwBCElbVkuY&feature=related

Your moral and political leadership is requested.


James W. Prescott, Ph.D.
Director
Institute of Humanistic Science

MEMORANDUM



To Genital Integrity Community
From James W. Prescott, Ph.D.
Subject Genital Mutilation of Children Is Torture
Date: 13 October 2009


The Genital Mutilation of Children Is Torture is being addressed by NOCIRC, The Ashley Montagu Campaign Against the Torture and Mutilation of Children and the Institute of Humanistic Science at the 2009 Annual Convention of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Exhibit Booth #957, Washington Convention Center, October 16-20, 2009 with handouts that calls for the Obama administration to declare the Genital Mutilation of Children an act or torture that is in violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the United Nations Convention on the Rights of The Child; the U.S. Constitution and other U.S. Laws including protection of children from child abuse and sexual assault.

Your personal support for these Petitions and, in particular, The Ashley Montagu Resolution To End the Genital Mutilation of Children Worldwide: A Petition To The World Court, the Hague, which affirms that the genital mutilation of children is a violation of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; and other international covenants is requested. The Montagu Resolution has received the support of Nobel Laureate Dr. Francis Crick; Dr. Jonas Salk, Founder, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies and many other leading citizen-scientists. http://www.montagunocircpetition.org

Letters of Petition have been sent to Dr. Francis Collins, Director, NIH; DHHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius; Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr and President Obama, which can be viewed with supporting documents at:
http://www.violence.de/politics.shtml#GMChildren.

Their moral, political and scientific leadership was requested.

In my letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr, an injunction against circumcision of male children that calls for the forceable removal of healthy penile tissue was requested and which is consistent with the principles of PL 104-208 (Female Genital Mutilation Act) under the 14th Amendment which assures �equal protection of the laws�; and Judge Flaherty�s OPINION that �Forceable extraction of living body tissue causes revulsion to the judicial mind� should be emphasized in your letters.
http://www.violence.de/prescott/letters/McFall_v_Shimp.pdf

Levy (1945) has reported on the homicidal and suicidal behaviors induced by circumcision in a 6.5 year old child. http://www.violence.de/politics.shtml#GMChildren.
It should be emphasized that a major theme of the 2009 AAP convention: Pediatrics for the 21st Century (Peds 21): Fostering Healthy Futures cannot become a reality with the continuing genital mutilation of children.

Your scientific, moral and political leadership is requested.


James W. Prescott, Ph.D.
Institute of Humanistic Science
1140-23 Savannah Road
Lewes, DE 19958
302.645.7436
[email protected]
http://www.violence.de
http://www.montagunocircpetition.org
http://ttfuture.org/violence