United States war crimes are the violations of the laws and customs of war which the United States Armed Forces has committed against signatories after the signing of the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907. These have included the summary execution of captured enemy combatants, the mistreatment of prisoners during interrogation, the use of torture, and the use of violence against civilians and non-combatants.
War crimes can be prosecuted in the United States through the War Crimes Act of 1996 and through various articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). However, the Federal government of the United States strongly opposes the International Criminal Court (ICC) treaty, arguing that the Court lacks checks and balances,[1] and thus does not accept ICC jurisdiction over its nationals.[2]
War crimes are defined as acts which violate the laws and customs of war established by the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, or acts that are grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I and Additional Protocol II.[3] The Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 extends the protection of civilians and prisoners of war during military occupation, even in the case where there is no armed resistance, for the period of one year after the end of hostilities, although the occupying power should be bound to several provisions of the convention as long as "such Power exercises the functions of government in such territory."[4][5]
Contents 1 Definition 2 List of war crimes in chronological order
2.1 Philippine–American War - 2.2 Banana Wars - 2.2.1 First and Second Caco Wars - 2.3 World War II - 2.3.1 Pacific theater - 2.3.1.1 Mutilation of Japanese war dead - 2.3.1.2 War rape - 2.3.2 European theater - 2.3.2.1 Rape - 2.4 Korean War - 2.5 Vietnam War - 2.5.1 My Lai Massacre - 2.5.2 Operation Speedy Express - 2.5.3 Phoenix Program - 2.5.4 Tiger Force
2.5.5 Other perpetrated crimes:
2.6 War on Terror - 2.6.1 Command responsibility - 2.6.2 Iraqi occupation - 2.7 War in Afghanistan - 2.8 Iraq War - 3 References - 4 Sources - 5 Further reading - 5.1 General - 5.2 By nation - 6 External links
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17.03.22 - 13:30 MSK ! We condemn war crimes by whomever committed !!! But we also condemn one-sided information - ignoring own criminal acts !!! We also condemn military practices using innocent civilians as Human shields - crimes against their own population in order to drag the USA - NATO into WW3 !
We send our prayers heavenwards : Oh Lord have mercy on the innocent ! We see before our eyes the nightmare of women and children - of crying babies and the elderly fleeing from death and abandoned helpless animals left in the inferno ...
