Iran War: "Disobeying International Law Is Self-Destructive

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Attacks on the civilian population have become a means of warfare, says Mirjana Spoljaric Egger. The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) demands the enforcement of international law.

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The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric, has attested to a "lack of rules regarding the laws of war" throughout the Middle East. The Geneva Conventions prohibit attacks on the civilian population: "If these are no longer adhered to, then wars between warring parties become wars against the civilian population," she told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). Disregarding international humanitari…