From our consideration of the use of torture as a traditionally forbidden tactic in war (jus in bello) and our viewing of the movie

Jus in Bello and the Use of Torture in the Film Rendition

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Jus in Bello and the Use of Torture in the Film Rendition

The history of warfare perhaps has been as old as mankind 's itself . It has been recorded in countless papyrus and stone tablets of the past civilizations , as well as in modern , recorded history . War , however barbaric it may seem , observes certain rules pertaining to the enemy 's rights as a human being . These laws had been in observance

from the Biblical times of the Old Testament , in ancient Islam , and in the present treatise formalized through the United Nations . Jus in bello as it is commonly known , deals with the laws concerning the acceptable treatment of enemy forces during wartime it pushes for the implementation of positive laws of war , in contrast to the customary laws

In the film Rendition , the war depicted was not between nations rather , it dealt with the threat of terrorism and the deaths of countless innocents its attacks have brought upon the society . The government 's manner of arresting a civilian in its purpose of bringing justice to the countless victims of the terrorist attack would seem justifiable . However , refusing citizen of his God-given rights , holding him in custody for longer than what the law allowed , and extraditing him to a foreign land without proper proceedings , reveals a government disrespectful of its citizens ' rights in times of crisis

The film had manifested two...