At 05:01 PM 1/11/02, Jeroen wrote: >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.
Given the history of Al Queda/Taliban members, and the suicidal behavior others have demonstrated, it would seem to meet the criteria of "the protection of the physical � health or the safety of the prisoner or detainee himself, of his fellow prisoners or detainees, or of his guardians." -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
