International Law?

[Rath]

Kasz216 said:

Rath said:
The Geneva Convention may not apply to terrorists however the ICCPR does apply to them.

http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/ccpr.htm

It also has been ratified by the USA and Britain. That is the international law that has been broken.

It hasn't been rattified by the US to my knowledge. (Via act of congress.)

After all we still have the Death Penalty which is strictly banned by it.

 

Not at all

"2. In countries which have not abolished the death penalty, sentence of death may be imposed only for the most serious crimes in accordance with the law in force at the time of the commission of the crime and not contrary to the provisions of the present Covenant and to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. This penalty can only be carried out pursuant to a final judgement rendered by a competent court."

It doesn't strictly ban the death penalty at all, just states how it can be used.

It was ratified by the United States Senate though.