Liability for killing in war and why there is no 'licence to kill'
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Liability for killing in war and why there is no 'licence to kill'
This column argues that it no longer makes sense to speak about the 'moral equality of soldiers' or a soldier's 'licence to kill' in wartime. International law now imposes individual criminal responsibility on those involved in the crime of aggression. International human rights law considers lives lost as a result of aggression to be arbitrary deprivations of the right to life and therefore the responsibility of the aggressor state. The individ…
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