GA Proposal: "International War Crimes Convention"

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New GA Vote - “International War Crimes Convention”

Proposal | Drafting Thread | Author: The Orwell Society | Co-Author: N/A | Discord Thread

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For the record, I am extremely wary about Clause 12: “Medical personnel, medical transport, and exclusively humanitarian medical operations must not be targeted or obstructed unless used beyond their humanitarian function for hostile military-related purposes”.

This effectively allows militaries to attack civilian medical facilities if they suspect their use “beyond their humanitarian function”. It should be obvious why this is a potential issue.

With that being said, the rest of the proposal is sound, and it’s certainly better than having no war crimes resolution at all.

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I think this issue has a lot to do with whether the “unless used beyond their function” clause is self-executing or not. At the same time, states would never agree to grant full passage without restrictions and blindly trusting medical personnel are being used as marked.

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