Five@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoWeaponizing ordinary devices violates international law, United Nations rights chief saysapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down11
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minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoI don’t get this. It’s war, there isn’t much law. You can have agreements between countries, but is it really law if it’s not enforceable?
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoIt’s enforceable. A war between two countries does not exist in a vacuum. The whole rest of the world can impose sanctions against the violator. Whether they will in this case is another matter entirely.
minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoIs that law though? No one is going to jail. Sounds more a contract or agreement.
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoLaw between nation states is different than for citizens.
I don’t get this. It’s war, there isn’t much law. You can have agreements between countries, but is it really law if it’s not enforceable?
It’s enforceable. A war between two countries does not exist in a vacuum. The whole rest of the world can impose sanctions against the violator.
Whether they will in this case is another matter entirely.
Is that law though? No one is going to jail. Sounds more a contract or agreement.
Law between nation states is different than for citizens.