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World of war crimes : eyeless in Gaza ... and beyond

Robertson, Geoffrey2025

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We are, today, exposed to evidence of thousands of war crimes. Residential buildings bombed and burning in Ukraine, dead children being dug out of the rubble in Gaza, civilians beaten and starved by armies in Sudan, hospitals and refugee camps deliberately targeted and a mounting number of aid workers, journalists and innocent civilians murdered by soldiers. The evidence proves guilt beyond reasonable doubt, but we know there will be few, if any, prosecutions. Newspapers and television reports do not identify them as war crimes, and diplomats and politicians are reluctant to label them as such. In consequence, soldiers hardly ever hesitate to commit them and generals have no moral qualms about issuing the orders. This book explains, simply and without resort to legalistic analysis, what amounts to a war crime today.