The basic laws of war dictate that: Attacks are limited to combatants and military targets. This prohibits attacks on civilians or civilians’ objects (including homes, schools, historic memorials and places of worship), the use of civilians as shields, objects necessary for the survival of a civilian population.Misuse of the emblem in armed conflict may amount to a war crime. Even in peacetime, misuse can lead to misunderstandings and uncertainty. Uncertainty may put people who need protection at risk. The names ‘Red Cross,’ ‘Red Crescent’ and ‘Red Crystal’ are also protected.
The Geneva Conventions are a series of treaties on the treatment of civilians, prisoners of war (POWs) and soldiers who are otherwise rendered hora de combat (French, literally “outside the fight”), or incapable of fighting The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols form the core of international humanitarian law, which regulates the conduct of armed conflict and …
What does the Geneva Convention do? These Conventions provide specific rules to safeguard combatants, or members of the armed forces, who are wounded, sick or shipwrecked, prisoners of war, and civilians, as well as medical personnel, military chaplains and civilian support workers of the military.Misuse of the emblem in armed conflict may amount to a war crime. Even in peacetime, misuse can lead to misunderstandings and uncertainty. Uncertainty may put people who need protection at risk. The names ‘Red Cross,’ ‘Red Crescent’ and ‘Red Crystal’ are also protected. What is the punishment for breaking the Geneva Convention? There is no “punishment” for breaking the Geneva Conventions. The conventions are not laws. They are conventions: standards of conduct which are observed by mutual agreement among nations.Who enforces the Geneva Convention?
It also protects civilians and the injured and sick, those least able to protect themselves, from inhumane treatment like rape, torture, and murder. While these agreements are difficult to enforce during open conflict, enforcement authority falls to the United Nations Security Council. (For example, a Red Cross on a building conveys a potentially false and dangerous impression of military presence in the area to enemy aircraft, although the building itself would not be attacked; thus the U.S. reservations to the 1949 Geneva Conventions, as noted below, effectively ban that use.)
Is the Geneva Convention legally binding? The Geneva Conventions have attained universal ratification. Many of the provisions contained in the Geneva Conventions and their Protocols are considered to be part of customary international law and applicable in any armed conflict. The basic laws of war dictate that: Attacks are limited to combatants and military targets. This prohibits attacks on civilians or civilians’ objects (including homes, schools, historic memorials and places of worship), the use of civilians as shields, objects necessary for the survival of a civilian population.
Some examples of prohibited acts include: murder; mutilation, cruel treatment and torture; taking of hostages; intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population; intentionally directing attacks against buildings dedicated to religion, education, art, science or charitable purposes, historical monuments or …the depleting of a Populations Peace by viruses that are released from a lab. Anything less than decency is not worth my dollar to have government killing their people through dividing Cultures. Homo Sapiens come from Mother Earth, and we all evolved from a long time ago. Our soldiers of Peace, teaching Peace, teaching Love thy neighbor, Love each other….And religious law does have a place under the Star of David. NO Genocide. Our elderly were attacked for what reason?
