Re:Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation
by toyg on Sunday May 21, 2017 @04:04PM
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If you declare war, you have to follow Geneva rules, so you can't do Guantanamo detentions; if you do Guantanamo detentions, you're not legally at war. Pick one.
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Re:Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation
by dragonwriter on Sunday May 21, 2017 @10:07PM
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> If you declare war, you have to follow Geneva rules,
The applicability of the Geneva Conventions is affected by the fact of war, but independent of whether there is a declaration. And even if it wasn't, violations of the Conventions would not reach back in time and change whether a declaration had occurred.