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Shachar2like28 karma

How do you enforce LOAC when the conflict include terrorist groups who are supported by a country or territory, is not a signatory to the ICC and do not care about LOAC violations?

Also what link do you recommend for debates on reddit? (I use this one)

Shachar2like10 karma

I think the incentive for non-state actors to abide by IHL is legitimacy. Many armed groups are seeking to establish a government, and want international legitimacy, which may be helped by observing IHL.

Thanks

Shachar2like2 karma

yeah we didn't do that in a long time, that's probably the reason

-- using logic

Shachar2like-5 karma

I've looked for the definition of Genocide. Here's the TLDR version:

Genocide isn't clearly defined. 'Mass Killing' is a war crime but is not a genocide.

Replace 'International Law' with 'International Politics' and you'll get a more accurate representation of the politics. There's no law and no "police man" above the state level. There's no one that has ever given the power to such an institute.

It's basically all politics and various agreements that are trying to base it on a 'law'