The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Wednesday February 8th, 2023
Stronger Respect for International Humanitarian Law Needed: NGO Action Required by Rene Wadlow
The carnage in the Ukraine conflict and the continued actions by ethnic militias in the Democratic Republic of Congo has highlighted the fact that the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are not bedside reading for many people, even those engaged in war. There are too many warlords whose only claim to the charisma of leadership is the ruthlessness with which they wield the gun.
Since the adoption of the first Geneva Convention in 1864, international humanitarian law has evolved in stages resulting from the evolution of methods of warfare and the changing nature of armed conflicts. Since the adoption of the four Geneva Conventions for the protection of war victims in 1949, the nature of armed conflicts has changed considerably, especially by the increased number of armed conflicts within a State. It is currently estimated that there are 120 ethnic militias active in the eastern area of the Democratic Republic of Congo. There are many cases in the country of cruel and degrading treatment of persons, enforced disappearances and arbitrary executions.
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The Scarred Land #poem & #painting by Nikos Laios
“Brutally scarred cities
In a brutally scarred land,
The Russian army crawls
Over the land like maggots,
Over the festering sore
Of Ukraine.”
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Insert Brain Here 2.0 #031 #cartoon by Paul Woods
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