Article two, protocol III of the 1980 UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons states: “It is prohibited in all circumstances to make the civilian population as such, individual civilians or civilian objects, the object of attack by incendiary weapons”. However, there is no blanket ban under international law on its use as a smokescreen or for [...]
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Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
Posted in J'accuse, Politics Also tagged 2006, accountability, Charles Heyman, cluster munitions, Gaza, Halabja, Israel, Palestine, poison gas attack, Saddam Hussein, The Hague, Times of London, War Crimes Tribunal, white phosphorus Comments closed
All I Want For Christmas
Leaders from around the world are meeting in Oslo, Norway to sign a treaty banning most modern forms of cluster bombs. The BBC informs us:
“Campaigners are hailing the treaty as a major breakthrough.Richard Moyes of the Cluster Munition Coalition, a global alliance of some 300 non-governmental organisations (NGOs), calls it “the biggest humanitarian treaty of [...]
Posted in J'accuse, Politics Also tagged Afghanistan, China, cluster bombs, comprehensive ban, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Norway, Oslo, Russia, Syria, USA, war crimes Comments closed