Comment by singleshot_
2 years ago
While perfidy is a violation of the law of war, summary execution is not a generally-acceptable penalty under IHL.
2 years ago
While perfidy is a violation of the law of war, summary execution is not a generally-acceptable penalty under IHL.
Huh? Summary execution has always been the punishment for perfidy under the laws of war.
Do you have a reference for that? Even as perfidy is a war crime, we do not generally allow for summary execution for war criminals.
ICRC says perfidy places you outside of the bounds of protection of international law:
https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule65
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