At 16:34 11-1-02 -0600, Marvin Long wrote: >I haven't read the Geneva Convention lately, but I wonder if it >grants nations' prison guards permission to sedate prisoners who pose an >immediate threat to themselves or others? In other words, I wonder if >"being allowed to sedate them if they deemed it necessary" is pretty much >standard.
Principle 5 of the UN Principles of Medical Ethics: It is a contravention of medical ethics for health personnel, particularly physicians, to participate in any procedure for restraining a prisoner or detainee unless such a procedure is determined in accordance with purely medical criteria as being necessary for the protection of the physical or mental health or the safety of the prisoner or detainee himself, of his fellow prisoners or detainees, or of his guardians, and presents no hazard to his physical or mental health. http://www-hsc.usc.edu/~mbernste/UN_PRINCIPLES_PRISONERS.HTML Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
