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article 47 and 33 from memory, you may want to check it up though
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Geneva Conventions Act
SCHEDULE II
CHAPTER VII EXECUTION OF THE CONVENTION
Article 47
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Reprisals against the wounded, sick and shipwrecked persons, the personnel, the vessels or the equipment protected by the Convention are prohibited.
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Geneva Conventions Act
SCHEDULE I
CHAPTER V BUILDINGS AND MATERIAL
Article 33
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The material of mobile medical units of the armed forces which fall into the hands of the enemy, shall be reserved for the care of wounded and sick.
The buildings, material and stores of fixed medical establishments of the armed forces shall remain subject to the laws of war, but may not be diverted from their purpose as long as they are required for the care of wounded and sick. Nevertheless, the commanders of forces in the field may make use of them, in case of urgent military necessity, provided that they make previous arrangements for the welfare of the wounded and sick who are nursed in them.
The material and stores defined in the present Article shall not be intentionally destroyed.
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If you are talking about the israel attacks on ambulance, then there is definetly much to say. This is one of Chomsky's arguements, one for which i cant stand. It completely neglects the context.
On multiple times the IDF has caught and documented (and i've linked it here in the past) ambulances which have been used to smuggle both terrorists and weapons. This in itself is also a violation of the convention. thus the nullification of contract, giving israel full right to attack this now 'military' target. again who do you prefer blaming, the israeli's for shooting mis-used medical vehicles, or the palestinians for mis-using the vehicles in the first place?
anyways, is annexation covered by the geneva convention? i though the convention only dealt with matters on how to conduct warfare, not on what can or cant be done after the matter.
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overall, good post Izzy |
thanks, nice to see some friendless instead of the hostility that usually plagues these topics. it's ok to disagree.
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