SAS operative killed another civilian

[davidc4430]

Fellow soldiers say the SAS operative filmed shooting an unarmed man killed another civilian

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-27/soldiers-say-they-saw-sas-operative-killing-another-civilian/...

this guy needs reprograming

imagine living next door to a guy who kills without any thought

[rogespeed]

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@lyndal1838 wrote:

The higher ups would be held to account if the Geneva Convention was followed.

For that to happen they need to be Court martialled, not tried in the civilian system.

Nobody ever accused the Army Brass of being stupid.

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Arguably not relevant refer Geneva Convention - Common Article 2 

This article states that the Geneva Conventions apply to all cases of international conflict, where at least one of the warring nations have ratified the Conventions. Primarily:

The Conventions apply to all cases of declared war between signatory nations. This is the original sense of applicability, which predates the 1949 version.
The Conventions apply to all cases of armed conflict between two or more signatory nations. This language was added in 1949 to accommodate situations that have all the characteristics of war without the existence of a formal declaration of war, such as a police action.[23]
The Conventions apply to a signatory nation even if the opposing nation is not a signatory, but only if the opposing nation "accepts and applies the provisions" of the Conventions.[23]

[lyndal1838]

Australia is a signatory to the Geneva Convention and the Australian soldiers did not kill their own.....thus an international conflict.

It is just a work around to avoid the Brass having to take responsibility IMO.

[rogespeed]

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@lyndal1838 wrote:

Australia is a signatory to the Geneva Convention and the Australian soldiers did not kill their own.....thus an international conflict.

It is just a work around to avoid the Brass having to take responsibility IMO.

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R.O.E related ? - regardless is an internal ADF policing matter , and should not have been aired publicly because of the possibility of over-reactions , tendency for  presumptive collective guilt , very damaging changes  , made worse before any actual trial and sentencing - if there are any actual criminal cases to answer to.