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#indiscriminate attack

Military attacks that are not directed at a specific military objective or that employ means incapable of being directed at such an objective. Prohibited under Article 51 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions.

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Updated April 7, 2026 Foreign Policy & War
War Crime / Crime Against Humanity Ongoing

Trump Issues Ultimatum: 'A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight' Unless Iran Capitulates

Trump's explicit threats to destroy all civilian infrastructure in Iran — every bridge, every power plant — with the stated goal of ensuring Iran 'could literally never rebuild as a nation again' constitute textbook threats of indiscriminate attack, a war crime under the Rome Statute and customary IHL.

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Iran warcivilian infrastructureindiscriminate attackwar crimepower plants
Updated March 25, 2026 Extrajudicial Killing
War Crime / Crime Against Humanity

US Airstrike Kills 68 African Migrants in Yemen Detention Center

US airstrikes killed 68 detained African migrants sleeping in a Sa'ada detention center during Operation Rough Rider. Amnesty International's investigation found no evidence the facility was a military target and concluded the strike was indiscriminate and must be investigated as a war crime.

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Yemenairstrikewar crimeOperation Rough Ridermigrants