# Do any modern militaries still conspicuously mark their medics with white helmets, armbands and sush

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**Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-modern-militaries-still-conspicuously-mark-their-medics-with-white-helmets-armbands-and-sush/707999/41 "2014-12-25T23:25:43Z")

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> [@Habeed](#):
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> Nope, doesn’t apply. Even if some of these international laws theoretically apply, the U.S. did not ratify the [Rome Statute](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome_Statute_of_the_International_Criminal_Court), and so no U.S. citizen can actually be prosecuted for violations of international law.

Besides what **Dissonance** said, not being a signatory doesn’t prevent prosecutions if the victims are citizens of a signatory country. The USA won’t prosecute American citizens under this statute, but another country perfectly can.

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