conventions of war造句

• It is yet one more flagrant breach of all the proper conventions of war.
• They urged the forces surrounding the city to respect the conventions of war regarding humane treatment of the defeated.
• It appeared that some may have been executed, which would be a gross violation of the conventions of war.
• In this conflict, America faces an enemy who has no regard for conventions of war or rules of morality.
• Both organisations were later accused of having violated Geneva Conventions of War by raping, murdering and looting the locals.
• Under the conventions of war at sea ships, including submarines, engaged in rescue operations are held immune from attack.
• In direct contravention of the established conventions of war, both sets of prisoners were immediately ordered to effect repairs to the vessels.
• According to the conventions of war at the time, the military operations should have been halted during the winter until the return of the spring.
• Iraq looms as the first full-scale demonstration of the doctrine, but we already operate with less regard for the conventions of war than in the past.
• His character is depicted as stern and pragmatic, finding it practical to accept dragons and a female admiral but also to violate conventions of war to fight the French.
• Arbour said last week she would not disclose current investigations by her office into possible future indictments, but she did not rule out an indictment against NATO forces or leaders if atrocities or violations of the conventions of war are discovered.
• "The captured were handed over to judicial bodies and will be treated according to international conventions of war and prisoners of war, " the rebels'regional command for northwestern Kosovo said in a statement distributed to ethnic Albanian media.
• At one point Bush told the convention of war veterans, " We meet today in a time of war for our country, a war we did not start yet one that we will win . " At another juncture, Bush said : " In this different kind of war, we may never sit down at a peace table.
• "The perversity of the mistreatment of these men _ outside the laws, customs and conventions of war which all civilizes nations were and are now obligated to honor _ will always remain a dark shadow over the history of the 20th century, " lawyers for former U . S . prisoner Lester I . Tenney told the court.
• With regards to male soldiers he states, " It goes without saying that they are considered combatants as soon as they arrive on the battlefield even if they are not in direct combat  provided of course that the remaining conventions of war have been observed throughout, and that all this is during a valid war when there is no ceasefire ."
• CSIS report notes that Israel planned its air and air-land campaigns in ways that clearly discriminated between military and civilian targets and that were intended to limit civilian casualties and collateral damage, by systematic and comprehensive use of its IS & R assets, careful mapping, GPS abilities and guidance from targeting experts briefed in the laws and conventions of war; the report concludes that this aspect of the IDF s actions met the key legal test that the anticipated military advantage did not outweigh the risk to civilians.