Editing Homeland security (section)

===Criticism===
Conflicts exist between bodies of [[international law]] (ratified by the United States or not) and those applied under "homeland security". One example is the notion of an [[unlawful combatant]].<ref>Human Rights Brief: A Legal Resource for the International Human Rights Community {{cite web |url=http://www.wcl.american.edu/hrbrief/09/3guantanamo.cfm |title=Human Rights Brief - Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law - Washington College of Law |access-date=2008-04-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705145346/http://www.wcl.american.edu/hrbrief/09/3guantanamo.cfm |archive-date=2008-07-05 }}</ref> The United States government has created a new status that addresses prisoners captured by a military force who do not conform with the conditions of the Convention. While the United States has only been a signatory to portions of the [[Geneva Conventions]],<ref>[[List of parties to the Geneva Conventions]]</ref> much international law is based upon it.