The actual bill:
So, actually curious because I don’t know how this works, but wouldn’t this make all of them soldiers technically? If Russian soldiers kill civilians after this bill is passed (it’s already been passed), does that still count as a war crime?
Yeah but the entire Swiss government has publicly condemned Russia (even though they couldn’t give two shits about condemning anyone in BOTH world wars, this one conflict is so much worse in their eyes apparently), and the judges are under their thumb (even if not “officially”, the effect is always present). Not to mention, Western power.
The Geneva Conventions only refer to the city where they were signed x) The ICC is the one that tries war crimes today, though Russia could hold trials of their own with POWs (see Nuremberg, 1945).
Ukraine is probably not going to be tried if only for the fact that they are western-aligned, the same western powers that do not try their own criminals and made those laws in the first place.
That’s because, at least within the last century or so, they’ve tended to win. If you think the same will happen this time, is it because subconsciously you’re acknowledging that Russia will lose?
the Swiss sanctions were the only effective ones that did not target regular citizens, I think they responded very well in comparison to other countries who essentially made regular citizen’s lives harder