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MAIL ASTRID ESSED AAN HET OPENBAAR MINISTERIE/ONDERSTEUNING

ARRESTATIE VAN DE ISRAELISCHE PRESIDENT HERZOG

ASTRID ESSED

Mail Astrid Essed aan het Openbaar Ministerie/ONDERSTEUNING ARRESTATIE VAN DE ISRAELISCHE PRESIDENT HERZOG

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MAIL ASTRID ESSED DD 8 MAART/INGEZONDEN STUK/BEZOEK ISRAELISCHE PRESIDENT

HERZOG AAN NEDERLAND BOM OP HUMANITAIRE EN

BESCHAVINGSWAARDEN

Mail Astrid Essed dd 8 maart 2024/Ingezonden Stuk/Bezoek Israelische president Herzog aan Nederland bom op humanitaire en beschavingswaarden

INGEZONDEN STUK/BEZOEK ISRAELISCHE PRESIDENT HERZOG

AAN NEDERLAND BOM OP HUMANITAIRE EN BESCHAVINGSWAARDEN

ASTRID ESSED

Ingezonden Stuk/Bezoek Israelische president Herzog aan Nederland bom op humanitaire en beschavingswaarden

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‘Wat kunt u doen?

Inmiddels is tegen Herzog een aanklacht ingediend bij het Openbaar Ministerie. Nederlandse burgers kunnen die aanklacht ondersteunen door een e-mail te sturen naar juridischezaken-lp@om.nl. In de mail moet u het zaaknummer Z/24/116385 vermelden, en kunt u uw steun uitspreken voor de arrestatie van de president van Israël en een onderzoek naar zijn vermeende betrokkenheid bij oorlogsmisdaden, misdaden tegen de menselijkheid en genocide.”

THE RIGHTS FORUM

https://mailchi.mp/rightsforum/nieuwsbrief-2701555?e=099e8a9c53

Beste lezer, 

Op zondag 10 maart zal de Israëlische president Yitzhak Herzog samen met koning Willem-Alexander de opening verrichten van het Nationaal Holocaustmuseum. Ook zal hij een ontmoeting hebben met premier Mark Rutte. Dit terwijl de genocidale uitspraken van Herzog over Gaza nog nagalmen.

‘Geen onschuldige burgers’

Eind 2023 haalde Herzog het nieuws met een persoonlijke boodschap die hij schreef op een reusachtige granaat die aansluitend op Gaza werd afgevuurd. ‘Ik vertrouw op je’, schreef de president, in de vrijwel zekere wetenschap dat de granaat dood en vernieling zou zaaien onder volstrekt onschuldige en weerloze Palestijnse burgers.

Maar over die onschuld denkt Herzog heel anders. Al op 12 oktober 2023 benadrukte hij dat Israël in Gaza geen onderscheid maakt tussen Palestijnse strijders en burgers. Bijna vijf maanden later heeft Israël de daad bij het woord gevoegd en een humanitaire catastrofe aangericht die zijn weerga niet kent.

Genocidale opruiing
Herzogs uitspraken zijn als voorbeeld van ‘uitingen van genocidale intentie’ opgenomen in de door Zuid-Afrika ingediende aanklacht tegen Israël bij het International Gerechtshof. De rechters gingen daarin mee en namen zijn woorden zelfs op in hun uitspraak, die luidde dat het risico dat Israël in Gaza genocide begaat ‘plausibel’ is. 

Oproep tot arrestatie
Het hoort ondenkbaar te zijn dat Herzog voet zet op Nederlands grondgebied – anders dan om zich te verantwoorden voor het Internationaal Strafhof. Zijn ontvangst door de koning is een klap in het gezicht van de Palestijnen die machteloos moeten toezien hoe Israël hun geliefden vermoordt en hun land verwoest. Om nog maar te zwijgen van het internationaal recht.

De Joodse organisatie Erev Rav roept de organisatoren van de opening van het Holocaustmuseum op Herzog te weren, en het Openbaar Ministerie en de politie om hem bij aankomst te arresteren. The Rights Forum sluit zich nadrukkelijk aan bij de oproep om Herzog te weren. En dat geldt ook voor vele andere Nederlanders, zo is gebleken uit de vele reacties die wij ontvingen sinds wij het nieuws van het bezoek van Herzog naar buiten brachten.

Wat kunt u doen? Inmiddels is tegen Herzog een aanklacht ingediend bij het Openbaar Ministerie. Nederlandse burgers kunnen die aanklacht ondersteunen door een e-mail te sturen naar juridischezaken-lp@om.nl. In de mail moet u het zaaknummer Z/24/116385 vermelden, en kunt u uw steun uitspreken voor de arrestatie van de president van Israël en een onderzoek naar zijn vermeende betrokkenheid bij oorlogsmisdaden, misdaden tegen de menselijkheid en genocide. Demonstratie in Amsterdam Erev Rav heeft aangekondigd te zullen demonstreren tegen de komst van de Israëlische president. De demonstratie vindt plaats op zondag 10 maart om 11.00 uur op het Waterlooplein in Amsterdam. Bekijk het bericht van Erev Rav op Instagram voor meer informatie. Deel onze video op sociale media In een vandaag gepubliceerde video roepen wij koning Willem-Alexander, Premier Rutte en het Holocaustmuseum met klem op om niet weg te kijken, en de Israëlische president Herzog niet te ontvangen. Bekijk en deel de video op Instagram of Twitter.

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WIKIPEDIA

THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walrus_and_the_Carpenter

WIKIPEDIA

ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland

”Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (also known as Alice Through the Looking-Glass or simply Through the Looking-Glass) is a novel published on 27 December 1871 (though indicated as 1872)[1] by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics lecturer at Christ Church, University of Oxford, and the sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865).”

WIKIPEDIA

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_the_Looking-Glass

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”The time has come,” the Walrus said,    “To talk of many things:
Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax—
    Of cabbages—and kings—
And why the sea is boiling hot—
    And whether pigs have wings.”

WIKIPEDIA

THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walrus_and_the_Carpenter

””The Walrus and the Carpenter” is a narrative poem by Lewis Carroll that appears in his book Through the Looking-Glass, published in December 1871. The poem is recited in chapter four, by Tweedledum and Tweedledee to Alice.”

THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walrus_and_the_Carpenter

WIKIPEDIA

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_the_Looking-Glass

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Israel breidt nederzettingen uit/Commentaar op NOS berichtgeving

EN

Israel wil weer bouwen op Westoever/NOS Teletekstredactie, vermeld de illegaliteit van de nederzettingen!

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Het Geweld van Israelische kolonisten!/NOS, knoop het in je oren/De nederzettingen zijn in strijd met het Internationaal Recht!

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MAIL ASTRID ESSED AAN NOS TELETEKSTREDACTIE/”UW BERICHTGEVING DD 25 OCTOBER 2023: KOLONISTEN

RICHTEN BLOEDBADEN AAN”

ASTRID ESSED

Mail Astrid Essed aan NOS teletekstredactie/”Uw berichtgeving dd 25 october 2023: ”Kolonisten richten bloedbaden aan”

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DE ISRAELISCHE NEDERZETTINGEN IN BEZET PALESTIJNS GEBIED/

ILLEGAAL VOLGENS HET INTERNATIONAAL RECHT

De Israelische nederzettingen in bezet Palestijns Gebied/illegaal volgens het Internationaal Recht

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WAT ZEGT HET INTERNATIONALE RODE KRUIS

HET INTERNATIONALE RODE KRUIS

ICRC.ORG

WHAT SAYS THE LAW ABOUT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF

SETTLEMENTS IN OCCUPIED TERRITORY?

https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/resources/documents/faq/occupation-faq-051010.htm

05-10-2010 FAQ

When a territory is placed under the authority of a hostile army, the rules of international humanitarian law dealing with occupation apply. Occupation confers certain rights and obligations on the occupying power.

• International Review of the Red Cross, No 885, special issue on Occupation
• Fourth Geneva Convention, Article 49.  

Prohibited actions include forcibly transferring protected persons from the occupied territories to the territory of the occupying power. 
It is unlawful under the Fourth Geneva Convention for an occupying power to transfer parts of its own population into the territory it occupies. This means that international humanitarian law prohibits the establishment of settlements, as these are a form of population transfer into occupied territory. Any measure designed to expand or consolidate settlements is also illegal. Confiscation of land to build or expand settlements is similarly prohibited. 

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WAT ZEGT DE ISRAELISCHE MENSENRECHTENORGANISATIE BTSELEM

BTSELEM.ORG

”The establishment of the settlements contravenes international humanitarian law (IHL), which states that an occupying power may not relocate its own citizens to the occupied territory or make permanent changes to that territory, unless these are needed for imperative military needs, in the narrow sense of the term, or undertaken for the benefit of the local population.”

BTSELEM.ORG

SETTLEMENTS

https://www.btselem.org/settlements

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De Illegaliteit van de nederzettingen is gebaseerd op artikelen

uit de 4e Conventie van  Geneve en het Haags Verdrag van 1907

DE VIERDE CONVENTIE VAN GENEVE

ARTIKEL 49, 4E CONVENTIE VAN GENEVE

”Individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory to the territory of the Occupying Power or to that of any other country, occupied or not, are prohibited, regardless of their motive.”

ARTICLE 49, FOURTH GENEVA CONVENTION

https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/gciv-1949/article-49

HET HAAGS VERDRAG VAN 1907

De Staat, die een gebied bezet heeft, mag zich slechts beschouwen als beheerder en vruchtgebruiker der openbare gebouwen, onroerende eigendommen, bosschen en landbouwondernemingen, welke aan den vijandelijken Staat behooren en zich in de bezette landstreek bevinden. Hij moet het grondkapitaal dier eigendommen in zijn geheel laten en die overeenkomstig de regelen van het vruchtgebruik beheeren.”

 ARTIKEL 55, HAAGS VERDRAG 1907

https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBV0006273/1910-01-26#Verdrag_2

IN HET ENGELS
Art. 55. The occupying State shall be regarded only as administrator and usufructuary of public buildings, real estate, forests, and agricultural estates belonging to the hostile State, and situated in the occupied country. It must safeguard the capital of these properties, and administer them in accordance with the rules of usufruct.  

CONVENTION RESPECTING THE LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WARON LAND AND ITS ANNEX: REGULATIONS CONCERNINGTHE LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND

THE HAGUE 18 OCTOBER 1907

https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/hague-conv-iv-1907/regulations-art-55

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WAT ZEGT AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

Israel’s policy of settling its civilians in occupied Palestinian territory and displacing the local population contravenes fundamental rules of international humanitarian law.

Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states: “The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.” It also prohibits the “individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory”. 

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

CHAPTER 3

ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

Chapter 3: Israeli Settlements and International Law

The situation in the OPT is primarily governed by two international legal regimes: international humanitarian law (including the rules of the law of occupation) and international human rights law. International criminal law is also relevant as some serious violations may constitute war crimes.

STATUS OF SETTLEMENTS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW

Israel’s policy of settling its civilians in occupied Palestinian territory and displacing the local population contravenes fundamental rules of international humanitarian law.

Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states: “The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.” It also prohibits the “individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory”. 

The extensive appropriation of land and the appropriation and destruction of property required to build and expand settlements also breach other rules of international humanitarian law. Under the Hague Regulations of 1907, the public property of the occupied population (such as lands, forests and agricultural estates) is subject to the laws of usufruct. This means that an occupying state is only allowed a very limited use of this property. This limitation is derived from the notion that occupation is temporary, the core idea of the law of occupation. In the words of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the occupying power “has a duty to ensure the protection, security, and welfare of the people living under occupation and to guarantee that they can live as normal a life as possible, in accordance with their own laws, culture, and traditions.”

The Hague Regulations prohibit the confiscation of private property. The Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits the destruction of private or state property, “except where such destruction is rendered absolutely necessary by military operations”.

As the occupier, Israel is therefore forbidden from using state land and natural resources for purposes other than military or security needs or for the benefit of the local population. The unlawful appropriation of property by an occupying power amounts to “pillage”, which is prohibited by both the Hague Regulations and Fourth Geneva Convention and is a war crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and many national laws.

Israel’s building of settlements in the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem, does not respect any of these rules and exceptions. Transferring the occupying power’s civilians into the occupied territory is prohibited without exception. Furthermore, as explained earlier, the settlements and associated infrastructure are not temporary, do not benefit Palestinians and do not serve the legitimate security needs of the occupying power. Settlements entirely depend on the large-scale appropriation and/or destruction of Palestinian private and state property which are not militarily necessary. They are created with the sole purpose of permanently establishing Jewish Israelis on occupied land.

In addition to being violations of international humanitarian law, key acts required for the establishment of settlements amount to war crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Under this body of law, the “extensive destruction and appropriation of property not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly” and the “transfer, directly or indirectly, by the Occupying Power of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies, or the deportation or transfer of all or parts of the population of the occupied territory within or outside this territory” constitute war crimes. As stated above, “pillage” is also a war crime under the Rome Statute.

Israel’s settlement policy also violates a special category of obligations entitled peremptory norms of international law (jus cogens) from which no derogation is permitted. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) affirmed that the rules of the Geneva Conventions constitute “intransgressible principles of international customary law”. Only a limited number of international norms acquire this status, which is a reflection of the seriousness and importance with which the international community views them. Breaches of these norms give rise to certain obligations on all other states, or “third states”, which are explained below.

SETTLEMENTS, DISCRIMINATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

States have a duty to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of people under their jurisdiction, including people living in territory that is outside national borders but under the effective control of the state. The ICJ confirmed that Israel is obliged to extend the application of the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, the International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and other treaties to which it is a state party to people in the OPT. Israel is a state party to numerous international human rights treaties and, as the occupying power, it has well defined obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of Palestinians. 

However, as has been well documented for many years by the UN, Amnesty International and other NGOs, Israel’s settlement policy is one of the main driving forces behind the mass human rights violations resulting from the occupation. These include:

Violations of the right to life: Israeli soldiers, police and security guards have unlawfully killed and injured many Palestinian civilians in the OPT, including during protests against the confiscation of land and the construction of settlements. UN agencies and fact-finding missions have also expressed concern about violence perpetrated by a minority of Israeli settlers aimed at intimidating Palestinian populations.

Violations of the rights to liberty, security of the person and equal treatment before the law: Amnesty International has documented how Palestinians in the OPT are routinely subjected to arbitrary detention, including through administrative detention. Whereas settlers are subject to Israeli civil and criminal law, Palestinians are subject to a military court system which falls short of international standards for the fair  conduct of trials and administration of justice.

Violations of the right to access an effective remedy for acts violating fundamental rights: Israel’s failure to adequately investigate and enforce the law for acts of violence against Palestinians, together with the multiple legal, financial and procedural barriers faced by Palestinians in accessing the court system, severely limit Palestinians’ ability to seek legal redress. The Israeli High Court of Justice has failed to rule on the legality of settlements, as it considered the settlements to be a political issue that that it is not competent to hear.

Violations of the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly: Amnesty International has documented Israel’s use of military orders to prohibit peaceful protest and criminalize freedom of expression in the West Bank. Israeli forces have used tear gas, rubber bullets and occasionally live rounds to suppress peaceful protests.

Violations of the rights to equality and non-discrimination: Systematic discrimination against Palestinians is inherent in virtually all aspects of Israel’s administration of the OPT. Palestinians are also specifically targeted for a range of actions that constitute human rights violations. The Israeli government allows settlers to exploit land and natural resources that belong to Palestinians. Israel provides preferential treatment to Israeli businesses operating in the OPT while putting up barriers to, or simply blocking, Palestinian ones. Israeli citizens receive entitlements and Palestinians face restrictions on the grounds of nationality, ethnicity and religion, in contravention of international standards.

The Israeli authorities have created a discriminatory urban planning and zoning system. Within Area C, where most settlement construction is based, Israel has allocated 70% of the land to settlements and only 1% to Palestinians. In East Jerusalem, Israel has expropriated 35% of the city for the construction of settlements, while restricting Palestinians to construct on only 13% of the land. These figures clearly illustrate Israel’s use of regulatory measures to discriminate against Palestinian residents in Area C.

The UN has also pointed to discrimination against Palestinians in the way in which the criminal law is enforced. While prosecution rates for settler attacks against Palestinians are low, suggesting a lack of enforcement, most cases of violence against Israeli settlers are investigated and proceed to court.

Violations of the right to adequate housing: Since 1967, Israel has constructed tens of thousands of homes on Palestinian land to accommodate settlers while, at the same time, demolishing an estimated 50,000 Palestinian homes and other structures, such as farm buildings and water tanks. Israel also carries out demolitions as a form of collective punishment against the families of individuals accused of attacks on Israelis. In East Jerusalem, about 800 houses have been demolished since 2004 for lack of permits. Israel also confiscates houses inhabited by Palestinians in the city to allocate them to settlers. By forcibly evicting and/or demolishing their homes without providing adequate alternative accommodation, Israel has failed in its duty to respect the right to adequate housing of thousands of Palestinians.

Violations of the right to freedom of movement: Many restrictions on freedom of movement for Palestinian residents are directly linked to the settlements, including restrictions aimed at protecting the settlements and maintaining “buffer zones”. Restrictions include checkpoints, settler-only roads and physical impediments created by walls and gates. 

Violations of the rights of the child: Every year, 500-700 Palestinian children from the occupied West Bank are prosecuted in Israeli juvenile military courts under Israeli military orders. They are often arrested in night raids and systematically ill-treated. Some of these children serve their sentences within Israel, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention. The UN has also documented that many children have been killed or injured in settler attacks.

Violations of the right to enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health: Restrictions on movement limit Palestinians’ access to health care. Specialists working with Palestinian populations have also documented a range of serious mental health conditions that stem from exposure to violence and abuse in the OPT.

Violations of the right to water: Most Palestinian communities in Area C are not connected to the water network and are prevented from repairing or constructing wells or water cisterns that hold rainwater. Water consumption in some Area C communities is reported by the UN to be 20% of the minimum recommended standard. Israel’s failure to ensure Palestinian residents have a sufficient supply of clean, safe water for drinking and other domestic uses constitutes a violation of its obligations to respect and fulfil the right to water. 

Violations of the right to education: Palestinian students face numerous obstacles in accessing education, including forced displacement, demolitions, restrictions on movement and a shortage of school places. An independent fact-finding mission in 2012 noted an “upward trend” of cases of settler attacks on Palestinian schools and harassment of Palestinian children on their way to and from school. Such problems can result in children not attending school and in a deterioration in the quality of learning. 

Violations of the right to earn a decent living through work: The expansion of settlements has reduced the amount of land available to Palestinians for herding and agriculture, increasing the dependency of rural communities on humanitarian assistance. Settler violence and the destruction of Palestinian-owned crops and olive trees have damaged the livelihoods of farmers. The UN has reported that in Hebron city centre, the Israeli military has forced 512 Palestinian businesses to close, while more than 1,000 others have shut down due to restricted access for customers and suppliers.

SUSTAINED INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION

Most states and international bodies have long recognized that Israeli settlements are illegal under international law. The European Union (EU) has clearly stated that: “settlement building anywhere in the occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, is illegal under international law, constitutes an obstacle to peace and threatens to make a two-state solution impossible.”

The settlements have been condemned as illegal in many UN Security Council and other UN resolutions. As early as 1980, UN Security Council Resolution 465 called on Israel “to dismantle the existing settlements and, in particular, to cease, on an urgent basis, the establishment, construction and planning of settlements in the Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem.” The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention have reaffirmed that settlements violate international humanitarian law. The illegality of the settlements was recently reaffirmed by UN Security Council Resolution 2334, passed inDecember 2016, which reiterates the Security Council’s call on Israel to cease all settlement activities in the OPT. The serious human rights violations that stem from Israeli settlements have also been repeatedly raised and condemned by international bodies and experts.

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” 7 – Parties to a conflict shall at all times distinguish between the civilian population and combatants in order to

spare civilian population and property. Neither the civilian population as such nor civilian persons shall be the

object of attack. Attacks shall be directed solely against military objectives.”

BASIC RULES OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW IN

ARMED CONFLICTS

https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/resources/documents/misc/basic-rules-ihl-311288.htm

The seven fundamental rules which are the basis of the Geneva Conventions and the Additional Protocols.  

 
 1 – Persons hors de combat and those who do not take a direct part in hostilities are entitled to respect for their

lives and their moral and physical integrity. They shall in all circumstances be protected and treated humanely

without any adverse distinction.

 2 – It is forbidden to kill or injure an enemy who surrenders or who is hors de combat .

 3 – The wounded and sick shall be collected and cared for by the party to the conflict which has them in its power.

Protection also covers medical personnel, establishments, transports and equipment. The emblem of the red

cross or the red crescent is the sign of such protection and must be respected.

 4 – Captured combatants and civilians under the authority of an adverse party are entitled to respect for their lives,dignity, personal rights and convictions. They shall be protected against all acts of violence and reprisals. They shall have the right to correspond with their families and to receive relief.

 5 – Everyone shall be entitled to benefit from fundamental judicial guarantees. No one shall be held responsible for an act he has not committed. No one shall be subjected to physical or mental torture, corporal punishment or cruel or degrading treatment.

 6 – Parties to a conflict and members of their armed forces do not have an unlimited choice of methods and means of warfare. It is prohibited to employ weapons or methods of warfare of a nature to cause unnecessary losses or excessive suffering.

 7 – Parties to a conflict shall at all times distinguish between the civilian population and combatants in order to

spare civilian population and property. Neither the civilian population as such nor civilian persons shall be the

object of attack. Attacks shall be directed solely against military objectives.