Report of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on the Treatment by the Coalition Forces of Prisoners of War and Other Protected Persons by the Geneva Conventions in Iraq during Arrest, Internment and Interrogation

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Executive Summary

Introduction

1. Treatment during arrest
1.1 Notification to families and information for arrestees

2. Treatment during transfer and initial custody

3. Treatment during interrogation
3.1 Methods of ill-treatment
3.2 Military Intelligence section, Abu Ghraib Correctional Facility
3.3 Umm Qasr (JFIT) and Camp Bucca (JIF/ICE)
3.4 Previous action taken by the ICRC in 2003 on the issue of treatment
3.5 Allegations of ill-treatment by the Iraqi police

4. Treatment in regular internment facilities
4.1 General conditions of treatment
4.2 “High Value Detainees” section. Baghdad International Airport

5. Disproportionate and excessive use of force against persons deprived of their liberty by the detaining authorities

6. Seizure and confiscation of personal belongings of persons deprived of their liberty

7. Exposure of persons deprived of their liberty to dangerous tasks

8. Protection of persons deprived of their liberty against shelling

Conclusion

February 2004