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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • You seem to misunderstand the concept of international law.

    I’m talking about how it is defined in international law

    There are various widely adopted treaties that give specific definitions for crimes against humanity. In this case, the 1949 Geneva Conventions.

    Point is, there is absolutely no way to get states to agree on any of this

    And yet 196 states, including France and Israel, have ratified these conventions (fully or in part). 125 states, including France but not Israel, have ratified the Rome statute and thus accept the ICC jurisdiction. States agree to these treaties because of diplomacy: you get taken less seriously if you don’t ratify these.

    Of course, this system of international law breaks down when states flagrantly break it without repercussions, like Israel and France in this case.



  • Even if you computer is not exposed to the internet: are you certain that every other device on the network is safe (even on public wifi)? Would you immediately raise the alarm if you saw a second printer in the list with the same name, or something like “Print to file”? I think I personally could fall for that under the right circumstances.