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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

The 1949 geneva conventions have been rattified by (afaik exclusively): all UN members, palestine, the holy see and the cook islands. The singning binds the signee to uphold these rules for themselves. How then could the UN, who as you said is "just an extension of its member states", not follow the morals you yourself held as the absolute standard?