3. It has formally incorporated the Exland police in the northern province into the armed forces, thereby charging them with military combat duties in addition to their law enforcement duties. All other police remain in the civilian command structure, though on heightened alert. 4. The Government has also imposed a strict police-enforced curfew on all Highlandians living outside the capital city, and has been carrying out mass arrests of suspected rebels, their families and their neighbours in the largely Highlandian towns of the northern province. 5. The police have also arrested a certain Cynthia T., known to be a high-ranking member of the most extreme of the rebel groups. They have information indicating that the suspect has personally planted a massive bomb somewhere in a large civilian centre and that it is due to explode within 24 hours. You have received information that the police are using torture on the suspect in order to force her to divulge the whereabouts of the bomb. The police, in response to your inquiry, admit that certain “exceptional techniques” are being used on Cynthia T. but remind you that a state of emergency is in effect and that exceptional measures are necessary to protect innocent life in this grave situation. They insist that the other detainees are being well-treated and that, with the exception of Cynthia, all other detainees are receiving daily visits from the ICRC. 6. Meanwhile, in the uppermost part of the northern province, government forces have launched a full-scale military offensive, and have captured seven consecutive rebel strongholds during days of heavy fighting. While many casualties have been reported, the Government has confirmed that it is holding no rebel soldiers as prisoners. A. Does the state of emergency described in paragraph 1 appear to respect international standards for states of emergency? If so, why? If not, why not? B. What is the significance, under international humanitarian law, of the incorporation (paragraph 3) of the northern province police into the armed forces? Does this have any impact on the status of the police serving outside the northern province? C. Do the measures described in paragraph 4 respect international standards? If so, why? If not, why not? D. How will you respond to the claims of the police in paragraph 5? E. What violations of humanitarian law are suggested by paragraph 6? F. “War is hell – human rights standards cannot apply in such situations.” Respond with reference to the international standards. 120