(b) does, in fact, take a direct part in the hostilities (a) is specially recruited locally or abroad in order to fight in an armed conflict I don't know about other elements of international humanitarian law, but the first protocol to the Geneva conventions has this to say about mercenaries in its Article 47:Ī mercenary shall not have the right to be a combatant or a prisoner of war. How are they supposed to treat Wagner militants? Regular Ukrainian servicemen can't prove or disprove their reported link to Russia's General Staff on the spot. They may even be considered as members of an armed group under a command responsible to Russia So a Russian passport automatically makes a Wagner militants a combatant, doesn't it? Even if they are not incorporated into the Russian armed forces? Why? And what do they mean by the following
Otherwise they would be protected civilians (who may as such be punished for any direct Responsible to Russia and they are therefore POWs if they fall into the power of Ukraine. Ukraine, they may even be considered as members of an armed group under a command Nationals and are not part of the Russian armed forces. Only fall under the very restrictive definition of mercenaries if they are both not Russian Members of private military and security companies such as the “Wagner group” It's such a beautifully woven series of stories that it is difficult to go into more detail without ruining some of the brilliance.įinally, I wanted to point out Judge Pirie, an aged Judge who does public relations work, with one half of his face missing when he sees the chance to get in on a hot case he goes straight forward and leaps from a hovering vehicle on to another crying "Stop in the name of the law!" - a Judge you can believe in.Are Wagner militants fighting in Ukraine considered combatants under the international humanitarian law? Here's what the OSCE has to say Without spoiling, some magic moments stand out: Serial killer PJ Maybe on the hunt for his own copy-cat stories leaping from one-note jokes about bad amdrams to severely grim holocaust-evoking horror the brief return of Judges Edgar and Roffman of the Gestapo-like PSU Judge Dredd using his respected position to push through a massive change to the law and dealing in his stoic, procedural way, with all the negative consequences.
It requires a reasonable knowledge of Judge Dredd history but weaves it all together so beautifully that the prep-reading required is more than worth it. The first part of the two book "Tour of Duty" storyline is a masterful work.
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