Five@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoWeaponizing ordinary devices violates international law, United Nations rights chief saysapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down12
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minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months 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-up3·10 months 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-up0·10 months agoIs that law though? No one is going to jail. Sounds more a contract or agreement.
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months 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.