2006-12-07 13:36:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
the geneva convention actually took place after ww1
2006-12-07 13:42:54 · update #1
The Geneva convention took place /effect after the defeat of Nazi Germany.
2006-12-07 13:40:22 · answer #1 · answered by longroad 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1) The geneva convention didn't exist then.
2) The Hague convention did exist then.
3) Germany was a signatory to the Hague convention.
4) Some actions are objectively evil.
2006-12-07 22:58:30 · answer #2 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally by WWI there were certain wartime behaviors that were considered crimes. After WWII when the allies found the concentration camps, they knew Hitler and his cronies had to pay for their crimes.
There was not set German law at the time barring genocide, but all cultures respect that cold blooded murder is wrong, Hey slavery was legal too, but it was still wrong. and even battle hardened German soldiers were disgusted at what they saw, when they were forced to visit the camps, to see what their government had done(not all german soldiers at the time were racists or nazis, even though they were fighting for hitler).
Nowadays if your country belongs to the United Nations, you have to follow the Geneva convention.
2006-12-07 21:55:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if nazi german still exist today, it doesn't have to follow the geneva convention because the nazi people won't except the terms. By the way, if nazi german win wwii, we would be speaking german today
2006-12-07 21:41:55 · answer #4 · answered by chrishomingtang 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Germany was a signatory (and the U.S. was not, although the U.S. did agree to abide by it). Treaties are the mechanism of agreement between/among sovereign nations, so I don't really follow that part of your question. Nations are, of course, free to abrogate treaties if they wish, without of necessity violating their provisions, as with the U.S. abrogation of the ABM treaty.
2006-12-07 22:47:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Germany was obligated to follow the gen conv because they signed an agreement to do so. Countries signed this because they want their own soldiers to be humanely treated. If we treat their soldiers humanely they treat ours the same way. It makes sense.
2006-12-07 21:48:00 · answer #6 · answered by irongrama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it had signed it
2006-12-08 02:12:04 · answer #7 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋