International rules of warfare

[Fonebone]

In theory....
Civilized societies' agreed upon rules of conduct and restrictions mutually imposed on warring parties to protect innocents
and non combatants.
https://www.icrc.org/sites/default/files/external/doc/en/assets/files/publications/icrc-002-0365.pdf

In practice...
An example of opposing armies of real men of courage and honor waging war in full compliance with the stated accords.
[media]

 

[sparky]

laws are only as good as they can be enforced.......~S~

 

[Ringo]

 

[AZrailwhale]

laws are only as good as they can be enforced.......~S~

The laws of war used to be enforced by reciprocity. If your enemy committed atrocities against POWs, you did the same. It's the same theory as MAD. It still worked in WWII with command turning a blind eye. After SS troops murdered Canadian POWS, Canadian forces stopped taking SS prisoners.

 

[Fonebone]

In theory...The PDF link in the OP routes to a complete dossier in layman terms that codifies a system of honor
amongst belligerents that impels strict adherence to every tenant expressed in the Rules of Warfare as a virtuous
moral imperative between combatants to protect the innocents and provide for their needs and safety.

In practice... The video link in the OP offers a u-tube video of two warring neighbors engaging in mutual
combat in complete adherence with the stated tenets of the rules of warfare. The battle is conducted in a
valley in the mountains that separates their villages. The violence of face to face combat contact harms no innocents,
injures no domestic or wild animals, captures no hostages, poisons no lands, burns no dwellings.
The warfare is conducted with arrows and spears and courage.
The active combat is periodically halted so their men can rescue their injured and retrieve their dead comrades for
burial. Any blood shed upon the valley floor nourishes the soil. At the day's sunset the battle ceases and the men
return to their homes and families.

 

[whitehall]

Where was the "international rules of warfare" when civilian innocents were legitimate targets in WW2 and Harry Truman signed off on the most horrific weapon in history used on Japanese citizens.

 

[Dekster]

Where was the "international rules of warfare" when civilian innocents were legitimate targets in WW2 and Harry Truman signed off on the most horrific weapon in history used on Japanese citizens.

The Geneva Convention was enacted until 1949.

 

[Fonebone]

laws are only as good as they can be enforced.......~S~

Inter arma enim silent leges _Marcus Tullius Cicero 63BCE
... amid arms, the laws are silent ...