Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-11-01 15:09:23 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5CC471F51B34CE1A146DD6729CF6B3BA13C83304D416968A6E68582BE9C72529
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Original Note:
The girls in question do not meet POW definitions as they have not: been kept in conditions required, afforded their rights through ICRC or contact with their family. Given their illegal imprisonment that makes these girls hostages regardless of their observation job. https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/geneva-convention-relative-treatment-prisoners-war#:~:text=No%20physical%20or%20mental%20torture,disadvantageous%20treatment%20of%20any%20kind. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/soft-war/hostage-taking-and-prisoners/D20C9FCF894015E85865E905A06B9151 https://casebook.icrc.org/a_to_z/glossary/hostages https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule55
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