| International humanitarian law "at critical breaking point" 09:03 - Feb 2 with 512 views | DJR |
https://www.theguardian.com/la
“Atrocity crimes are being repeated because past ones were tolerated. Our actions – or inaction – will determine whether international humanitarian law vanishes altogether.”
“Addressing widespread impunity for serious violations of international law should be treated as a policy priority,” the War Watch study observes. Its authors propose a series of safeguards to try to reduce the number of war crimes.
They include introducing and enforcing a ban on arms sales by all countries “where there is a clear risk that the arms or ammunition to be delivered will be used to commit or facilitate serious violations” of international humanitarian law.
A second proposal is to prohibit the use of unguided gravity bombs or inaccurate long-range artillery in populated areas, plus restricting drones and artificial intelligence targeting against civilians.
It also argues for “ensuring the systematic prosecution of war crimes” and calls for adequate political and financial support of the international criminal court (ICC) in The Hague, and national war crimes tribunals. Many major powers are not members of the ICC, including the US, Russia, China, Israel and India.
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| International humanitarian law "at critical breaking point" on 09:18 - Feb 2 with 439 views | Churchman |
Thank you for posting this. Interesting and very sad (understatement).
I’m afraid we have to accept the list world ‘order’ including structures such as this, UN, aid agencies, NATO, human rights, you name it are in the bin. Finished. We have returned to pre 1939. The big hitters are ‘transactional’. Take what you can. There’s no right and wrong, just others bending to the will of the powerful and extorted accordingly.
It’s very worrying and catastrophic for those that need help the most. |  | | |
| International humanitarian law "at critical breaking point" on 09:57 - Feb 2 with 385 views | NthQldITFC |
Tr*mp + Netany*hu + P*tin + Khamenei + Others
= ratcheting down human civilisation, back to the medieval.
Failing species on a dying planet.
No humility, no acquisition moderation, no societal or environmental responsibility.
No human kindness. Fascist, aggressive, devastating, capitalist pigs. No future. |  |
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