The Red Cross is investigating whether 600 million gamers are violating the Hague and Geneva conventions when they kill and blow stuff up for fun.
Delegates at the 31st International Conference of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Red Crescent raised the concerns over the potential “International Humanitarian Law” violations – which can constitute war crimes – during a workshop in Geneva.
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Red Cross clarifies
jeffersonish 1 year 26 weeks 4 days 54 min ago
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"the Swiss-based group went onto to assure gamers that “serious violations of the laws and war can only be committed in real-life situations.”
However, they ICRC have reaffirmed their interest in working with video game studios and designers to cultivate an improved understanding of international humanitarian law, ostensibly because some companies also create war simulations for use by actual armed forces. "