Question about international law

@no1marauder said
So was Nazi Germany, but that didn't stop international tribunals from punishing its government officials for war crimes and other violations of IL.

yeah sure they did...

https://time.com/3958690/nazi-war-criminals-still-alive/

@no1marauder said
I don't usually waste my time responding to your posts any more because those that aren't out and out hateful, bigoted garbage manage to be equally ridiculously ignorant but for anyone who's interested expropriations of foreign nationals property is not an act of war and use of force in retaliation is a clear violation of IL as there are systems in place for those alleged ...[text shortened]... be found in the EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law from January 13, 2026.

who enforces?
like I said...its a joke

its one thing for a court to award...its another to collect

https://factually.co/fact-checks/business/venezuela-compensation-international-oil-companies-chavez-seized-assets-36390e

@Mott-The-Hoople said
who enforces?
like I said...its a joke

its one thing for a court to award...its another to collect

https://factually.co/fact-checks/business/venezuela-compensation-international-oil-companies-chavez-seized-assets-36390e

Exactly ... Chavez paid foreign firms nothing or peanuts and expelled them. That is why the economy went from being richest to poorest in South America

@no1marauder said
I don't usually waste my time responding to your posts any more because those that aren't out and out hateful, bigoted garbage manage to be equally ridiculously ignorant but for anyone who's interested expropriations of foreign nationals property is not an act of war and use of force in retaliation is a clear violation of IL as there are systems in place for those alleged ...[text shortened]... be found in the EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law from January 13, 2026.

You are a known supporter of evil murderous regimes.

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new United Nations investigation underscores the brutal nature of Nicolas Maduro’s government in Venezuela. As reported in the July 4 edition of the New York Times, UN investigators found that Venezuelan Special Action Forces “have carried out thousands of extrajudicial killings in the past 18 months and then manipulated crime scenes to make it look as if the victims had been resisting arrest.” In essence, government security units acted as death squads to eliminate regime opponents.


The death toll is shockingly large. Security forces “killed 5,287 people in 2018 and another 1,569 by mid-May of this year, in what are officially termed by the Venezuelan government ‘Operations for the Liberation of the People.’” The campaign of cold-blooded mass murder is made worse by the government’s cynical, Orwellian euphemism.


The UN document concludes that the actual number of killings may be even larger, noting that some independent reports put the total extrajudicial executions for “resistance to authority,” at well over 9,000. That higher number would come as no surprise to opponents of Maduro and his predecessor, Hugo Chavez. Critics have alleged for years that forces loyal to Maduro and Chavez have kidnapped, tortured, and murdered political adversaries.


In addition to the death squad outrages, the UN report confirms the Maduro government’s other crimes. Men and women detained for political reasons “were subjected to one or more forms of torture, including electric shock, suffocation with plastic bags, water boarding, beating and sexual violence.”

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https://www.cato.org/blog/venezuelas-murderous-regime

@Great-King-Rat said
So, I don’t know much about law.

But let’s say some country decides to just kidnap the president of another country just like that, and then takes over the oil production from that country…

Is that totally fine?

Like, would that not amount to stealing?

And, let’s say a part of the population of the stealing country supports these practices, while also wanti ...[text shortened]... sident after the current turd, what will or should this country then do to atone for their thievery?

Blowing civilian boats out of the water and leaving the crew which might have survived the barrage to drown is a war crime. It doesn't matter what the pretext is, it doesn't matter that some of the boats might have been carrying contraband.

Proper procedure, according to international law and maritime treaties is for a patrol boat to come along side, hail intention to board and search for contraband. If the captain of said boat refuses, then a shot may be fired across the bows. If the captain still refuses, then armed marines may board the craft and conduct a search. If no contraband is found, the boat and its crew are to be left alone. If contraband is found, the contraband is to be seized as evidence and the captain will be instructed to follow the patrol boat to shore and be turned over to civilian authorities for prosecution. If the captain refuses, he may be arrested, along with any crew who refuse to cooperate, the patrol boat's crew may pilot the boat to shore to be impounded by civil authorities.

I have this information from a British Rear Admiral who has himself commanded frigates for NATO, intercepting gun runners in European waters.

@moonbus said
Blowing civilian boats out of the water and leaving the crew which might have survived the barrage to drown is a war crime. It doesn't matter what the pretext is, it doesn't matter that some of the boats might have been carrying contraband.

Proper procedure, according to international law and maritime treaties is for a patrol boat to come along side, hail intention to boa ...[text shortened]... ar Admiral who has himself commanded frigates for NATO, intercepting gun runners in European waters.

Yep.

So far we have ZERO proof that ANY of these boats had drugs on board.

And then they used a supposition of drugs to invade the country and steal their oil.

The Hague can't exactly be pleased with that.

@Rajk999 said
You are a known supporter of evil murderous regimes.

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new United Nations investigation underscores the brutal nature of Nicolas Maduro’s government in Venezuela. As reported in the July 4 edition of the New York Times, UN investigators found that Venezuelan Special Action Forces “have carried out thousands of extrajudicial killings in the past 18 months ...[text shortened]... and sexual violence.”

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https://www.cato.org/blog/venezuelas-murderous-regime

Hypocrite.

Every day you call for a Muslim genocide.

@Great-King-Rat said
Or he could commit sex crimes, and you’d once again wouldn’t care.

Could?

@Suzianne said
Yep.

So far we have ZERO proof that ANY of these boats had drugs on board.

And then they used a supposition of drugs to invade the country and steal their oil.

The Hague can't exactly be pleased with that.

The evidence, if there was any, went down with the crew to Davey Jones' locker.