«International law is being violated» and «war crimes are being committed» we hear every day in the news. Right, except that the concepts of «international law» and «war crimes» don't seem to mean the same thing to everyone...
According to wikipedeia «the Rules of modern international law are products of a very distant evolution where the first traces can be traced back to the states of the ancient Greeks». Indeed, in Greek antiquity there were «institutions» such as the «inviolability of the preacher», the protection of those who went to temples and of diplomatic delegations, although in some cases these were not applied (e.g. the Cycladic agos). From ancient Greece, in order to maintain peace, the following were established alliances which established the beginnings of collective security and mutual aid. The amphibian societies were also the first form of international organisations, even if they were accompanied by the religious idea of the time, which was the only unifying force.
Today unfortunately the concepts «international law» and «war crimes» are interpreted at will by the powers that be on the planet. For example, it was not considered a war crime to drop two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nor the massive bombing of German cities... Also «international law» was a bit «problematic» when the trial of the Japanese criminals who were accused of, among other things, the invasion of China and Pearl Harbor. The strange thing was that the Japanese Emperor Hirohito in whose name the Japanese soldiers were fighting was not accused! All he was forced to do was renounce his divine status
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Journalist, member of ESIEA, member of the Board of Directors of R/S Athens 984
