of children in armed conflicts‚ nevertheless the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers reports that the use of children in military forces‚ and the active participation of children in armed conflicts is widespread. International human rights law The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child‚ Article 38‚ (1989) proclaimed: "State parties shall take all feasible measures to ensure that persons who have not attained the age of 15 years do not take a direct part in hostilities." However
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What is command responsibility or superior responsibility? It is the doctrine of hierarchical accountability in cases of war crimes. It is also called the Yamashita principle. [Yamashita was the Commanding General of 14th Army Group between 9 Oct 44 - 2 Sep 45 and Military Governor of Philippines. He assumed post 11 days before the allied forces took control of Philippines. Under his command‚ his troops committed acts of violence‚ cruelty and homicide inflicted on the civilian population resulting
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The Fourth Geneva Convention was adopted in 1949‚ and it outlines a set of rules that concern the humanitarian protection for civilians in a war zone‚ and also outlaws the practice of a total war. It is considered as an improvement over the Hague Convention IV on the Law and Customs of War on Land‚ 1907. By virtue of Article 4 of the Fourth Geneva Convention‚ the application of this convention is limited to those people‚ who‚ at a given moment and in any manner‚ find themselves‚ in case of a conflict
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D-The international system Is created to prevent anarchy‚ which is a lack of central government control and lack of rules/law enforcement. Therefore most governments agree on norms of behavior. What behavior is considered good or bad or proper. Rogue states: al douwal el kharija 3an el kanoun. Sovereignty: this means that a government has a control over and can do anything it wants in its own territories; it also means that government should not interfere
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quote that gave this amazing athlete and war veteran‚ Louie Zamperini‚ the endurance to go through all the obstacles in his life during World War II. World War II was a horrible war in which the horrible axis powers lead by a cruel dictator‚ Adolf Hitler‚ against the allied powers fighting for true justice. During the war‚ many allied soldiers‚ especially from the U.S‚ were captured when fighting against europe and japan. They were called prisoners of war or POWs for short. Countries‚ such as Germany
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world is full of crimes and war. There isn’t one country out there that doesn’t have some sort of confliction with other countries. Is it normal? Is it ok to be committing all these war crimes? Honestly there isn’t any reasonable answer for that. Several people argue differently about the situation on war crimes. The author of “Thinking about Torture”‚ also film critic for National Review‚ and author of many other books; Ross Douthat talks about what he thinks about war crimes‚ which he believes they
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President George Bush made an order to detain Padilla as an enemy combatant. The president’s order was justified by public law 107-40‚ which authorizes the detention of an American citizen designated as an enemy combatant. Padilla’s detention as an enemy combatant was because he was closely associated with al Qaeda‚ which was at war with the U.S. He had also engaged in war like activities such as preparing for acts of terrorism.
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described as a way to justify normally prohibited actions. One of Walzers arguments is that violations of just war conduct in war have been justified in some historical circumstances when the moral emergency was high. One example of this is the bombing of Dresden because of the threat of Nazism’s victory would be a moral catastrophe and the British seemed in danger of losing the war. It would end the war sooner than it would otherwise end and‚ despite the large number of civilian casualties they inflicted
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Drones should be Banned from Military Warfare Since the first appearance of military drones in 1982‚ drones have been widely used as a weapon of war as it does not risk the pilot’s life in a war besides being a deadly and efficient in strikes. Unfortunately‚ drones are not only deadly towards the terrorists but also towards innocent civilians as drones attack had kill so many innocent civilians. In Yemen alone‚ around 70% of casualties from six drones attack launched by the United States in 2009
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Courtney Thompson Drones v. International Law Introduction There are many debates on the legal and moral aspect of drone targeted killings. While there are many reasons why it is morally wrong‚ this paper will discuss the legality of drone targeted killings. In a country where you can go to jail for the remainder of your life for murdering someone‚ this is one of the most debated topics. There is disagreement about whether suspected terrorists should be considered combatants and subjected to being
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