sexta-feira, novembro 12, 2004

Convenção de Genebra

Assistimos hoje num canal da televisão portuguesa a videos das acções dos soldados americanos em Falluja. "Ele está entre essas duas casas, ferido" Outro soldado espreitou por cima de um muro, sem grandes precauções, apontou a espingarda, ouviu-se um tiro. "Está feito" E avançaram... provavelmente as guerras nunca tiveram regras. Leia-se o que a Convenção de Geneva prescreve para o tratamento do inimigo ferido

• Article 12. Members of the armed forces and other persons mentioned in the following Article, who are wounded or sick, shall be respected and protected in all circumstances.

They shall be treated humanely and cared for by the Party to the conflict in whose power they may be, without any adverse distinction founded on sex, race, nationality, religion, political opinions, or any other similar criteria. Any attempts upon their lives, or violence to their persons, shall be strictly prohibited; in particular, they shall not be murdered or exterminated, subjected to torture or to biological experiments; they shall not willfully be left without medical assistance and care, nor shall conditions exposing them to contagion or infection be created.