# Treatment of POWs. How often are Geneva Conventions rules ignored?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [March 12, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treatment-of-pows-how-often-are-geneva-conventions-rules-ignored/960954 "2022-03-12T20:20:38Z")
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### Author: ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2022, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treatment-of-pows-how-often-are-geneva-conventions-rules-ignored/960954/13 "2022-03-28T11:16:21Z")

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> [@dorvann](#):
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> OK but what if the party violating the provisions of The Convention are **NOT** actual members of the Ukraine Military but simply Ukrainian civilians who de

I asked pretty much the same question over here last week.

> [@Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine/960037/3233):
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> If private citizens murder a foreign soldier in a situation that’s not self-defense, is it considered a war crime, or just a crime?

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