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Evan J. Wallach 

Evan J. Wallach
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Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Army
Nevada Army National Guard
Years of service 1969-1971 Terrain Reconnaissance Sergeant, S-2, HHC, 8th Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)
1989-1995 Judge Advocate Corps
Rank Major
Battles/wars Vietnam War
Awards Bronze Star
Air Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (two awards)
Nevada Medal Of Merit
Vietnam Campaign Medal (3 battle stars)
Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
Other work Pentagon Attorney/Advisor during the Gulf War

Evan J. Wallach is a federal judge of the United States Court of International Trade and one of the nation's most foremost experts on war crimes and the law of war.[1][2] He was decorated for his service during the Vietnam War. Wallach also served in the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps in the International Affairs Division of the Office of TJAG at The Pentagon during the Gulf War, where he assisted in advising on the law of war and investigating war crimes allegedly committed by Iraqi leaders.

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Law of war

As an adjunct law professor Wallach specialises in the law of war. From 1989 - 1995 he served as Judge Advocate General in the Nevada Army National Guard, with the rank of major. His responsibilities included giving annual lectures to Military Police regarding their legal obligations on treatment of prisoners.[3] During the Gulf War he served at the Pentagon in the International Affairs Division of the Office of The Judge Advocate of the Army, where he assisted in advising on the law of war and investigating war crimes allegedly committed by Iraqi leaders.

Since 1997 he has been adjunct professor in Law of War at both New York Law School and Brooklyn Law School. Since 2001 he has been a visiting professor in Law of War at the University of Münster.

Wallach is a member of the International Law of War Association, which is a "loose confederation of military lawyers, academics, and government officials including members of the judiciary, who are interested in the advancement of a legal regime to ameliorate suffering and for the regulation of the use of armed force in armed conflicts".[4]

Academic qualifications

Publications

Wallach has had articles published both in mainstream media and legal journals, and has been widely cited in the media.[5][6] Some of these include:

  • Outline of the law of war.[7]
  • Waterboarding Used to Be a Crime.[3]
  • Afghanistan, Quirin, and Uchiyama: Does the Sauce Suit the Gander?[8]
  • The Logical Nexus Between The Decision To Deny Application of The Third Geneva Convention To The Taliban and al Qaeda, and the Mistreatment of Prisoners in Abu Ghraib.[9]
  • The Procedural and Evidentiary Rules of the Post World War II War Crimes Trials: Did They Provide an Outline for International Legal Procedure?[10]
  • Drop by Drop: Forgetting the History of Water Torture in U.S. Courts.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Judge Evan Wallach". National Endowment for the Arts.
  2. ^ "Judge Evan J. Wallach". United States Court of International Trade (2007-09-04).
  3. ^ a b Evan Wallach (2007-11-02). "Waterboarding Used to Be a Crime", Washington Post. 
  4. ^ "Who We Are". International Law of War Association.
  5. ^ Robyn Blumner (2006-10-21). "Law allows torture, even if Bush doesn't call it that", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 
  6. ^ Joan Walsh (2007-11-04). "When waterboarding was a crime", Salon. 
  7. ^ Evan Wallach. "Interactive Outline Of The Law Of War". International Law of War Association.
  8. ^ Evan J. Wallach (2003). "Afghanistan, Quirin, and Uchiyama: Does the Sauce Suit the Gander?". The Army Lawyer. 
  9. ^ Evan J. Wallach (2005). "The Logical Nexus Between The Decision To Deny Application of The Third Geneva Convention To The Taliban and al Qaeda, and the Mistreatment of Prisoners in Abu Ghraib". Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 37: 541–638. 
  10. ^ Evan Wallach (1999). "The Procedural and Evidentiary Rules of the Post World War II War Crimes Trials: Did They Provide an Outline for International Legal Procedure?". The Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 37. 
  11. ^ Evan Wallach (2007). "Drop by Drop: Forgetting the History of Water Torture in U.S. Courts" (PDF rough draft). The Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 45 (2). 
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