Today, the #US, #Israel and #Iran will again decide whether they're inclined to follow the #GenevaConventions:

»Works or installations containing dangerous forces, namely dams, dykes and nuclear electrical generating stations, shall not be made the object of attack, even where these objects are military objectives, if such attack may cause the release of dangerous forces and consequent severe losses among the civilian population.«

Article 56 of the Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 8 June 1977

https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/api-1977/article-56

On #ThisDayInHistory in 2026 #DonaldTrump again shamelessly threatened a major #WarCrime in public, and I couldn't find a single US source with the integrity to say targeting a civilian power grid violates #GenevaConventions. US media is always complicit.

https://f24.my/Boi7

US War Crime: Airstrike on Iranian School Kills Over 100 Children

US military forces struck a fully functioning school in Iran during school hours, killing over 100 children. International human rights organizations classify this as a clear war crime.

US officials claimed the strike targeted "military infrastructure" but provided no evidence. Independent observers confirm the building was exclusively an educational facility with no signs of military use.

Under the Geneva Conventions and additional protocols, schools are protected civilian objects. Deliberate attacks constitute serious violations of international humanitarian law. Children receive additional protected status under international law.

Human rights groups demand:

Independent international investigation

Prosecution of all involved — from pilots to commanders

Full compensation for victims' families

Official apology and guarantees against repetition

This case tests whether the international justice system can hold powerful nations accountable when they violate the laws of war.
https://newsgroup.site/us-airstrike-iran-school-children-killed-war-crime/
#Iran #USA #WarCrime #SchoolAttack #Children #GenevaConventions #InternationalLaw

I don't think the UK media have made nearly enough noise about the US Navy sinking an *unarmed* Iranian warship and then, in clear violation of the Geneva Conventions, leaving them to drown.

This is a heinous war crime which the media would be rightly up in arms about if any country that wasn't nominally an "ally" had done it.

https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/gcii-1949/article-18/commentary/2017

#IRISDena #IranWar #WarCrimes #GenevaConventions

RE: https://cosocial.ca/@mhoye/116148644709558908

#iran was targeted by numerous bombings, but the bombing of a #school deserves some attention.

#war #law #genevaconventions #Unesco

📌 #blog More than seven decades after their adoption, the four #GenevaConventions of 1949 remain foundational to contemporary international humanitarian #law #IHL

Efforts to update their Commentaries testify to both the resilience of the Geneva Conventions and their enduring relevance in modern armed conflicts

From the perspective of colonized states and territories, that history reveals a persistent divide between #european and non-European worlds

By Prof S Burra

https://blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy/2026/02/26/the-adoption-of-the-1949-geneva-conventions-a-humanitarian-break-and-colonial-continuity/