Court-Martial Conviction of U.S. Captain for Disobedience in Haiti Raises Law of War, Human Rights and Other Issues

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Thursday, June 1, 1995

Author:

Bruce Zagaris

Volume:

11

Issue:

6

238

Abstract:

On May 14, 1995, Capt. Lawrence P. Rockwood, a military intelligence officer stationed in Fort Drum, New York with the 10th Mountain Division, was found guilty of misconduct and court-martialed to a discharge from the service due to acts in Haiti while he made an unauthorized inspection of a Haitian prison in search of human rights abuses...(more)