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Re:Russia to restrict Facebook access for 'censoring' its media by eganist on Friday February 25, 2022 @07:15PM (#30474023)
> 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-inter...

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Re:Russia to restrict Facebook access for 'censoring' its media by dragonwriter on Friday February 25, 2022 @07:22PM (#30474079)
> 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_Assem...

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