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Trump threats cause dilemma for US officers: disobey orders or commit war crimes

Legal experts say attacking Iran’s infrastructure would constitute a war crime – but would military officers be held responsible?

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6

‘In Trump We Trust’ author accused the man she once worshipped of war crimes, legal experts say she’s right

The line has been crossed!

We Got This Covered · Apr 6

Trump’s ‘Stone Ages’ threat against Iran harks back to a notorious Vietnam War declaration

ANALYSIS: President’s channeling of legendary Strategic Air Command boss Curtis LeMay in his bomb Iran ‘back to the Stone Ages’ rhetoric is part of a longstanding campaign to delegitimize modern laws of war ... but ignores LeMay’s own judgments that his preferred tactics would be war crimes, Andrew Feinberg writes

The Independent UK · Apr 4

UN chief tells Trump ‘war is not a game show’ after US bombs civilian targets in Iran

The UN’s under secretary general for humanitarian affairs has accused the US president of war crimes by bombing bridges and threatening further attacks on Iran’s infrastructure

The Independent UK · Apr 3

Artist files war crime case in Paris over Israeli strike that killed parents in Lebanon

Lebanese-French man Ali Cherri demands investigation into Beirut bombing as possible war crime against civilians

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2

Iran recruiting children as young as 12 to ‘defend the homeland’ in new campaign

Rights groups have warned that recruiting children for military roles could amount to a war crime

The Independent UK · Mar 31

Funeral held for three journalists killed by Israeli strike in Lebanon

Lebanese government calls killings a ‘blatant war crime’ while Israel says primary target was a Hezbollah ‘terrorist’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28

Ukraine’s stolen children expose the lies at the heart of Russia’s four-year military assault

The United Nations’ Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine recently delivered a significant finding: Russia’s systematic removal and Russification of Ukrainian children constitutes both a war crime and a crime against humanity.

The Conversation · Mar 24

The UN just dropped a war crime bombshell about the U.S. and Israel — and it’s not what their leaders want the world to hear

Image by US Mission Geneva, CC BY-ND 2.0.

We Got This Covered · Mar 23

UN chief says there are ‘reasonable grounds’ to believe war crimes have been committed by both sides in Iran

UN Secretary-General António Guterres suggested Israel was to blame for the conflict

The Independent UK · Mar 20