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A declaration of war means that the government has to answer to the people for its war crimes, per international legal standards. An authorization for war mean

• dragonwriter 5y ago
  > A declaration of war means that the government has to answer to the people for its war crimes, per international legal standards. No, it doesn’t. A declaration of war has no effect at all on liability in international law. War criminals are responsible under international law whether or not war has been declared; the establishment of universal personal accountability of war criminals, including heads of state, for war crimes -- first unambiguously declared in the Nuremberg Principles -- declarations of war (which previously gave a veil of legitimacy to non-defensive war) have been pretty much irrelevant since non-defensive war was unambiguously itself declared to be a crime against peace. > An authorization for war means that war crimes can be committed and war criminals can get away with it, No, it doesn’t. > because there is no legal basis for defining that war, except for what Politician-de-jour says it is. Formal declarations of war and war authorizations have no difference in either international or, to the extent the latter is a recognized thing, most national laws in terms of what legal basis there is for defining the parameters of the war, and whatever difference in effect they might have under the terms of local law has no bearing on liability under international law.of those engaging in war crimes, crimes against peace, or crimes against humanity.