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> Collective punishment is against the laws of war and the UN charter. There's nuance that you're missing (e.g UN not empowered to sanction war crimes by a vet
by eganist 5y ago
> Collective punishment is against the laws of war and the UN charter.
There's nuance that you're missing (e.g UN not empowered to sanction war crimes by a veto-power state), and your broad interpretation doesn't align with accepted practice.
A relevant analysis: https://www.epw.in/engage/article/do-sanctions-violate-international-law https://www.epw.in/engage/article/do-sanctions-violate-inter...
- dragonwriter 5y ago> UN not empowered to sanction war crimes by a veto-power state The UN has had a structure for dealing with veto-power obstructionism since 1950. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_377 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assem...