<p>The <a href="/tags/lawsofwar/" rel="tag">#LawsOfWar</a> Are Being Largely Ignored</p><p><a href="/tags/international/" rel="tag">#International</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#courts</a> have never been busier. Conflicts are more common than at any point since 1945. Ever more <a href="/tags/civilians/" rel="tag">#civilians</a> are being bombed, <a href="/tags/starved/" rel="tag">#starved</a> & <a href="/tags/raped/" rel="tag">#raped</a> by men with guns. These are the curses that the laws of war were invented to prevent, & that international courts are meant to punish & deter.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/internationallaw/" rel="tag">#InternationalLaw</a> <a href="/tags/icc/" rel="tag">#ICC</a> <a href="/tags/icj/" rel="tag">#ICJ</a> <a href="/tags/crimesagainsthumanity/" rel="tag">#CrimesAgainstHumanity</a> <a href="/tags/warcrimes/" rel="tag">#WarCrimes</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/rulesbasedorder/" rel="tag">#RulesBasedOrder</a> <a href="/tags/newworldorder/" rel="tag">#NewWorldOrder</a> <br><a href="https://www.economist.com/international/2025/08/05/why-the-laws-of-war-are-widely-ignored" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.economist.com/international/2025/08/05/why-the-laws-of-war-are-widely-ignored"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.economist.com/internationa</span><span class="invisible">l/2025/08/05/why-the-laws-of-war-are-widely-ignored</span></a></p>
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<p>🛑🇪🇺Russian war criminals violate international law sending two Ukrainian POWs to Hungary where they are being held hostage by an EU member state (more) <a href="https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/4098197-russias-transfer-of-two-ukrainian-pows-to-hungary-considered-as-provocation-coordination-headquarters.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/4098197-russias-transfer-of-two-ukrainian-pows-to-hungary-considered-as-provocation-coordination-headquarters.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polyt</span><span class="invisible">ics/4098197-russias-transfer-of-two-ukrainian-pows-to-hungary-considered-as-provocation-coordination-headquarters.html</span></a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#Ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/poland/" rel="tag">#Poland</a> <a href="/tags/netherlands/" rel="tag">#Netherlands</a> <a href="/tags/norway/" rel="tag">#Norway</a> <a href="/tags/sweden/" rel="tag">#Sweden</a> <a href="/tags/estonia/" rel="tag">#Estonia</a> <a href="/tags/latvia/" rel="tag">#Latvia</a> <a href="/tags/lithuania/" rel="tag">#Lithuania</a> <a href="/tags/paris/" rel="tag">#Paris</a> <a href="/tags/london/" rel="tag">#London</a> <a href="/tags/berlin/" rel="tag">#Berlin</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a> <a href="/tags/finland/" rel="tag">#Finland</a> <a href="/tags/brussels/" rel="tag">#Brussels</a> <a href="/tags/denmark/" rel="tag">#Denmark</a> <a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#Germany</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#France</a> <a href="/tags/italy/" rel="tag">#Italy</a> <a href="/tags/osce/" rel="tag">#OSCE</a> <a href="/tags/pace/" rel="tag">#PACE</a> <a href="/tags/coe/" rel="tag">#CoE</a> <a href="/tags/icc/" rel="tag">#ICC</a> <a href="/tags/hague/" rel="tag">#Hague</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#Press</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/japan/" rel="tag">#Japan</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#UK</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="/tags/unitedkingdom/" rel="tag">#UnitedKingdom</a> <a href="/tags/europeanunion/" rel="tag">#EuropeanUnion</a> <a href="/tags/czechia/" rel="tag">#Czechia</a> <a href="/tags/romania/" rel="tag">#Romania</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <br><a href="/tags/article7hungary/" rel="tag">#Article7Hungary</a> <a href="/tags/hungary/" rel="tag">#Hungary</a></p>
<p>Report: "Judges clear ICC’s Karim Khan over sexual misconduct claims"</p><p>"Panel appointed by war crimes court’s governing body says UN probe has not established any ‘misconduct or breach of duty’ by chief prosecutor".</p><p>"Khan sought arrest warrants for Netanyahu & Gallant in May 2024".</p><p>Israel & the US led a ferocious campaign to "pressure him to drop the investigation."</p><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/judges-clear-icc-prosecutor-karim-khan-sexual-misconduct" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.middleeasteye.net/news/judges-clear-icc-prosecutor-karim-khan-sexual-misconduct"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.middleeasteye.net/news/jud</span><span class="invisible">ges-clear-icc-prosecutor-karim-khan-sexual-misconduct</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/eupol/" rel="tag">#EUPol</a> <a href="/tags/uslies/" rel="tag">#USLies</a> <a href="/tags/icc/" rel="tag">#ICC</a> <a href="/tags/israelilies/" rel="tag">#IsraeliLies</a> <a href="/tags/un/" rel="tag">#UN</a> <a href="/tags/karimkahn/" rel="tag">#KarimKahn</a> .</p>
