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Summary Executions in Eastern Ukraine: Crime and Punishment

... bound by the latter. In addition to humane treatment, law provides with specific prohibitions of ‘wilful killing’ as a grave breach (war crime) of Geneva Conventions [5] , or ‘summary’ or ‘arbitrary executions’ in human rights law [6] , which still applies even in situations of armed conflict [7] . Hopefully, Ukraine is a party to the Additional Protocol II, which covers the situations of non-international armed conflict, as well as all the Geneva Conventions and many human rights law treaties, including International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights....

13.04.2015

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In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)