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Recent Army Jag Corps Initiatives To Enhance Human Rights, Jeffrey F. Addicott
Recent Army Jag Corps Initiatives To Enhance Human Rights, Jeffrey F. Addicott
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The Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAGC) has recently undertaken two significant initiatives. These initiatives are designed to enhance human rights training at the United States Army School of the Americas (SOA). First, in August of 1994, an Army judge advocate, Major Dennis Cruz-Perez, was assigned to a field grade officer staff position at the SOA. Second, the International and Operational Law Division, Office of The Judge Advocate General, has developed a new three-hour block of instruction designed to teach students how to conduct and institutionalize human rights training in their own militaries..
The development of a new block of …
Policy Guidance For The Transfer Of Dod Installations To The Government Of Panama, Jeffrey F. Addicott
Policy Guidance For The Transfer Of Dod Installations To The Government Of Panama, Jeffrey F. Addicott
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Under the provisions of the 1977 Panama Canal Treaty, all United States military forces will be withdrawn from the Government of Panama (GOP). Additionally, by December 31, 1999, all United States military installations and other facilities will be turned over to the GOP.
To better accomplish the transfer of Department of Defense’s (DOD) installations to the GOP, the Panama Canal Treaty Implementation Plan Agency (TIPA) released a comprehensive policy guidance document (PGD) entitled “Policy Guidance for the Transfer of DOD Installations to the Government of Panama.” Army lawyers have been instrumental in helping draft this document, and the four major …