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#IHL

International Humanitarian Law — the body of rules governing armed conflict, protecting civilians and combatants who are hors de combat. Primarily codified in the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols.

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Grade 4 of 5: Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern

Trump Threats to Obliterate Iran's Civilian Power Infrastructure

Trump's explicit threats to destroy Iran's civilian power infrastructure escalated from 'obliterate' to a promise of 'complete demolition' of every bridge and power plant. Amnesty International characterised them as threats to commit war crimes; no tribunal or UN body has found a threat itself criminal, and a threat is not a listed Rome Statute act. Strikes that were later carried out on Iranian bridges and power infrastructure are assessed in their own entries.