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"FacebookPinterest\n\nNext time you\u2019re beating up a prostitute in Grand Theft Auto V, you better hope that she\u2019s an enemy combatant and not a civilian\u2014otherwise, if the International Red Cross has their way, you\u2019ll be tried for war crimes. (Virtually speaking, of course.) According to the ICRC, &amp;quot;Gamers should be rewarded for respecting the law of armed conflict and there should be virtual penalties for serious violations of the law of armed conflict, in other words war crimes.&amp;quot; Of course, GTA isn\u2019t technically a war game, but it\u2019s certainly a battleground out on those mean streets.\n\nThe ICRC also clarifies that this rule shouldn\u2019t apply to games &amp;quot;that portray more fictional scenarios such as medieval fantasy or futuristic wars in outer space.&amp;quot; So if you\u2019re bludgeoning alien Covenant to death with a plasma rifle in Halo, you\u2019re probably cool. Regardless, this sounds like a great idea. Who wouldn\u2019t want to be interrupted mid-drone strike in Call of Duty so you can be arrested, arraigned, and ordered to stand trial in front of an international tribunal? Sounds action-packed. Just make sure to turn off Assembly of States Parties mode, or else the Territorial Jurisdiction setting on the Hague level can be a real bitch."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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