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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly
In our debate about war crimes, we overlooked a situation. How can war crimes be prosecuted if one of the involved countries has never signed any of the international conventions?
To quote a more recent example, the People's Republic of Vietnam has never signed either convention, therefore their military personnel can not be prosecuted under international law is one argument that I have heard.
Thoughts?
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Ignore international law.
That's what America did with the unlawful combatants they picke dup in iraq and Afghanistan.
on a side note, American personel are in the same situation as America has not signed on with these conventions either.