Comments for FreeGaza.info http://www.freegaza.info News and Comment about Gaza Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:44:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on Israeli War Crime Leaflets? by admin http://www.freegaza.info/israeli-war-crime-leaflets/comment-page-1/#comment-3 admin Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:58:34 +0000 http://www.freegaza.info/?p=64#comment-3 Ordering civilians to flee their homes in a zone of armed conflict, when it is known that there is nowhere for them to flee to, is obviously not a measure for protecting them. On the contrary, such an order is likely to expose them to increased danger. Protection for civilians is a basic principle of humanitarian law. Civilians not taking part in the fighting must never be attacked and must be spared and protected. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional Protocols contain specific rules to protect civilians. Civilians are also protected by the fundamental principles of humanitarian law and human rights law. Ordering civilians to flee their homes in a zone of armed conflict, when it is known that there is nowhere for them to flee to, is obviously not a measure for protecting them. On the contrary, such an order is likely to expose them to increased danger.

Protection for civilians is a basic principle of humanitarian law. Civilians not taking part in the fighting must never be attacked and must be spared and protected. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional Protocols contain specific rules to protect civilians. Civilians are also protected by the fundamental principles of humanitarian law and human rights law.

]]> Comment on Israeli War Crime Leaflets? by wes http://www.freegaza.info/israeli-war-crime-leaflets/comment-page-1/#comment-2 wes Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:13:23 +0000 http://www.freegaza.info/?p=64#comment-2 ...under what statutes are you claiming this is a war crime or serious violation of humanitarian law? these are big charges to lobby on a hunch. …under what statutes are you claiming this is a war crime or serious violation of humanitarian law? these are big charges to lobby on a hunch.

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