Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Unacknowledged War Crimes NOT Classed as or Crimes Against Humanity? Why?


What UN Resolution or World Court Approved the Confiscating (stealing) of Assets and Freezing of Bank Accounts of Citizens Because two Countries had a Conflict?

Note:  According to Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, only the UN Security Council has a mandate by the international community to apply sanctions (Article 41) that must be complied with by all UN member states (Article 2,2).

In WW2 over 40 million civilians were killed yet no government, bureaucrats or technocrats were charged with war crimes associated with the aerial and ground bombardments of entire cities? Other than those associated with the holocaust no government leaders were charged with crimes against humanity or called criminals, madmen etc.

In the Iraqi war between 180,000 to 210,000 civilians were killed of which 5,529 civilians killed by USA forces yet to this day no government, bureaucrats or technocrats were charged with war crimes associated with the aerial and ground bombardments of entire villages, homes or cities?

In the Afghanistan war 46, 319 civilians were killed 1,620 civilians yet as of this year no government, bureaucrats or technocrats were charged with war crimes associated with the aerial and ground bombardments of entire villages, homes, or cities?

In the Syrian war 159,774 civilians were killed of which 1,271 civilians killed by USA forces yet as of this year no government, bureaucrats or technocrats were charged with war crimes associated with the aerial and ground bombardments of entire villages, homes, or cities?

In the NATO war on Libyan war at least 72 civilians were killed by NATO forces yet as of this year no government, bureaucrats or technocrats were charged with war crimes associated with the aerial and ground bombardments of entire villages, homes, or cities?

 Sanctions Fact: According to Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, only the UN Security Council has a mandate by the international community to apply sanctions (Article 41) that must be complied with by all UN member states (Article 2,2). They serve as the international community's most powerful peaceful means to prevent threats to international peace and security or to settle them. Sanctions do not include the use of military force. However, if sanctions do not lead to the diplomatic settlement of a conflict, the use of force can be authorized by the Security Council separately under Article 42.

UN sanctions should not be confused with unilateral sanctions that are imposed by individual countries in furtherance of their strategic interests.[5] Typically intended as strong economic coercion, measures applied under unilateral sanctions can range between coercive diplomatic efforts, economic warfare, or as preludes to war.

 Drone strikes are supposed to be precise - surgical is the word often used - to target terrorists and threats and avoid killing innocent civilians. But a deep investigation by the New York Times Magazine finds that U.S. airstrikes have killed thousands of civilians - including small children - in places that include Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan.

Investigative reporter Azmat Khan has spent the last five years reporting on U.S. military drone operations and airstrikes and civilian casualties and joins us now.











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