Evan Wallach

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name= Evan J. Wallach
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allegiance= United States of America
branch=United States Army Nevada Army National Guard
serviceyears=1969-1971 Terrain Reconnaissance Sergeant, S-2, HHC, 8th Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) 1989-1995 Judge Advocate Corps
rank= Major
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battles= 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
laterwork=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. [cite web|url=http://www.nea.gov/national/homecoming/authorbios/wallach.html|title=Judge Evan Wallach|publisher=National Endowment for the Arts] [cite web|url=http://www.cit.uscourts.gov/Judges/wallach_bio.htm|title=Judge Evan J. Wallach|date=2007-09-04|publisher=United States Court of International Trade] 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.

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. 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". [cite web|url=http://lawofwar.org/who_we_are.htm|title=Who We Are|publisher=International Law of War Association]

Academic qualifications

*Bachelor of Arts at the University of Arizona in 1973.
*Juris Doctor at the University of California Berkeley in 1976.
*Bachelor of Laws with honors in International Law from University of Cambridge in 1981.
* JAG Officer’s Basic and Advanced Courses.

Publications

Wallach has had articles published both in mainstream media and legal journals, and has been widely cited in the media. [cite news|publisher=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=521345|title=Law allows torture, even if Bush doesn't call it that|date=2006-10-21|author=Robyn Blumner] [cite news|publisher=Salon|url=http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/misc/2007/11/04/waterboarding_schumer/index.html|title=When waterboarding was a crime|date=2007-11-04|author=Joan Walsh] Some of these include:

*Outline of the law of war. [cite web|title=Interactive Outline Of The Law Of War|author=Evan Wallach|publisher=International Law of War Association|url=http://lawofwar.org/outline.htm]

*Waterboarding Used to Be a Crime.cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/02/AR2007110201170.html|title=Waterboarding Used to Be a Crime|author=Evan Wallach|publisher=Washington Post|date=2007-11-02]

*Afghanistan, Quirin, and Uchiyama: Does the Sauce Suit the Gander? [cite journal|title=Afghanistan, Quirin, and Uchiyama: Does the Sauce Suit the Gander?|journal=The Army Lawyer|year=2003|author=Evan J. Wallach|url=http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.loc.gov%2Frr%2Ffrd%2FMilitary_Law%2Fpdf%2F11-2003.pdf&ei=OnWPR7PnEaL20QSo7_2HDg&usg=AFQjCNH1lzpfL0yb7-LApyY0aylLiy7F3g&sig2=40KHVCOBMK9-NTd5s6wI8w]

*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. [cite journal|url=http://lawofwar.org/logical_nexus_between_the_decisi.htm|title=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|author=Evan J. Wallach|journal=Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law|volume=37|year=2005|pages=541–638]

*The Procedural and Evidentiary Rules of the Post World War II War Crimes Trials: Did They Provide an Outline for International Legal Procedure? [cite journal|journal=The Columbia Journal of Transnational Law|volume=37|year=1999|title=The Procedural and Evidentiary Rules of the Post World War II War Crimes Trials: Did They Provide an Outline for International Legal Procedure?|author=Evan Wallach|url=http://lawofwar.org/Tokyo%20Nurembueg%20article.htm]

*Drop by Drop: Forgetting the History of Water Torture in U.S. Courts. [cite journal|journal=The Columbia Journal of Transnational Law|volume=45|year=2007|issue=2|title=Drop by Drop: Forgetting the History of Water Torture in U.S. Courts|author=Evan Wallach|url=http://www.pegc.us/archive/Articles/wallach_drop_by_drop_draft_20061016.pdf|format=PDF rough draft]

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