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Crosswords: LAWS OF WAR |
| Specialty definitions using "LAWS OF WAR": military necessity. (references) |
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Well-known examples of such laws include the prohibition on attacking doctors or ambulances displaying a Red Cross. It is also prohibited to fire at a person or vehicle bearing a white flag, since that indicates an intent to surrender or a desire to communicate. In either case, the persons protected by the Red Cross or white flag are expected to maintain neutrality, and may not engage in warlike acts.
Other examples of the laws of war address the acceptance of surrender and the treatment of prisoners of war, the avoidance of atrocities, the prohibition on deliberately attacking civilians, and the prohibition of certain inhumane weapons. Impersonating soldiers of the other side by wearing the enemy's uniform is also strictly forbidden, as is the taking of hostages.
During conflict, punishment for violating the laws of war may consist of a specific, deliberate and limited violation of the laws of war in reprisal.
Soldiers who break the laws of war lose all protections. For example, in World War II during the Battle of the Bulge, German SS troops put on American uniforms and impersonated American troops in order to surprise and kill American soldiers behind their own lines. Some of these Germans were captured and immediately executed even though they had surrendered. This did not constitute an atrocity according to the laws of war; the SS troops had lost all protections of the laws of war by violating the laws of war.
Spies and terrorists are not protected by the laws of war; they are subject to civilian laws (if any) for their acts and in practice are often subjected to torture and execution. The laws of war neither approve nor condemn such acts, which fall outside their scope. Countries that have signed the UN Convention Against Torture have committed themselves not to torture captured terrorists.
After a conflict has ended, persons who have committed atrocities may be held individually accountable for war crimes through process of law.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Laws of war."
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Public Administration | Describes a state of emergency amounting to a state of war, during which the military authorities not only have the power but are under a positive duty to take steps to meet emergencies dangerous to the safety of the realm. The rules, subject to international law, laid down by governments for the conduct of their forces in war while in occupation of enemy territory (e. g. : the Rules of Land Warfare, The Hague, 1907). Source: European Union. (references) |
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Economic History | Ethiopia | Some in military training funds, including training in such issues as the laws of war and observance of human rights, also are provided. (references) |
Political Economy | Sudan | The ICRC reported in 1996 that the SPLA had begun to observe some basic laws of war; it takes prisoners on the battlefield and permits ICRC visits to some of them. (references) |
Sudan | The Government did not fully respect the laws of war, took few prisoners of war (POW's), and did not cooperate with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) regarding access to or treatment of POW's in government custody. (references) | |
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| Language | Translations for "LAWS OF WAR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Dutch | oorlogsrecht (martial law, principles of combat, rules of war). (various references) | ||||
French | lois de la guerre. (various references) | ||||
German | Kriegsrecht (martial law). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | awslay ofay arway | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-f-l-o-r-s-w-w" | |
-3 letters: floras, safrol, warsaw. | |
-4 letters: afars, alfas, awols, farls, faros, flaws, flora, flows, foals, fowls, frows, loafs, orals, rolfs, sofar, solar, sowar, swarf, wawls, wolfs. | |
-5 letters: aals, afar, alar, alas, alfa, alow, also, arfs, awls, awol, farl, faro, flaw, flow, foal, fora, fowl, frow, lars, laws, loaf, lows, oafs, oars, oral, osar, owls, raws. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 41 57 53 4F 46 57 41 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01000001 01010111 01010011 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01010111 01000001 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L A W S   O F   W A R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0041 0057 0053 004F 0046 0057 0041 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46355753249402573552 |
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