Human rights violations at Abu Ghraib In 1949, the Geneva Convention relating to the Treatment of Prisoners of War was created to prohibit immoral, cruel and degrading punishment of prisoners during the war. The United States ratified this pact and became a member of the Geneva Conventions. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, a series of human abuses occurred from October to December 2003 in which American military personnel conducted acts of brutality and immoral behavior against Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison. The US military's inhumane “interrogation method” clearly violated Articles 2 and 4 of the Geneva Conventions. Article 2.2 states: “No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification for torture”; Article 2.3 states: “An order from a superior officer or public authority cannot be invoked as a justification for torture.” Similarly, Article 4.1 of the Geneva Conventions states that “Each State Party shall ensure that all acts of torture constitute criminal offenses under its criminal law. The same applies to attempted torture and to any act of any person constituting complicity or participation in torture.” The Convention Against Torture requires states to make torture illegal and to provide humane punishment for prisoners of war. The inhumane behavior conducted by the US military contradicts President Bush's rhetoric in which he promised the nations of the world that the United States will stand with 135 other nations in ratifying the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman Treatment or Punishment or degrading. The failure of provisio...... middle of paper......ogy. Print.Kellenberger, Jacob. “Protect life and dignity: 'No war is above international law'”. Financial times. 2004. International Committee of the Red Cross. Network. May 1, 2012.Koh, Harol Hongju. “Can the president be the torturer-in-chief?” Yale Law School, 2006. Web. May 15, 2012. Lewis, Neil A. “Red Cross Found Abuse at Abu Ghraib Last Year.” New York Times May 11, 2004. Nytimes.com. Network. April 20, 2012. Puar, Jasbir K. “Abu Ghraib: Arguing Against Exceptionalism.” Feminist Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, The Prison Issue (2004): 522-534. Network. April 18, 2012. “US Abuse of Iraqi Detainees at Abu Ghraib Prison.” The American Journal of International Law, vol. 98, no. 3 (2004): 591-596. JSTOR. Network. April 19, 2012. Van Courtland Moon, John Ellis, “The Death of Distinctions: From 9/11 to Abu Ghraib.” Politics and Life Sciences, vol. 23, no. 2 (2004): 2-12. Press.