"Under the Hague Convention and other international treaties, it is illegal to threaten that no quarter will be given. Domestic laws, such as the 1996 War Crimes Act, also prohibit such policies. US military manuals likewise warn that threats of no quarter are illegal."
"These comments are very striking. It raises questions about whether this belligerent, lawless rhetoric is being translated into how the war is being conducted on the battlefield."
"Prohibitions against declaring no quarter go back more than a century, part of an effort to impose restraints on conduct during war. The Nuremberg trials after World War II upheld that legal standard, as Nazi officials were prosecuted, in some cases, for denying quarter to enemy forces."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated the US would show 'no quarter, no mercy' to Iran during ongoing military operations. International law experts and human rights groups condemned these remarks as violations of the Hague Convention, the 1996 War Crimes Act, and US military regulations that explicitly prohibit threatening to deny quarter. Hegseth has previously dismissed concerns about international law and rules of engagement. His rhetoric raises concerns that civilian protection measures may be abandoned in favor of maximum lethality. The statement follows a US strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed over 170 people, mostly children. Prohibitions against denying quarter date back over a century and were reinforced during Nuremberg trials after World War II.
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