eli5: what happens if the Geneva convention is broken? my friend tried to explain to me but I still can’t understand

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eli5: what happens if the Geneva convention is broken? my friend tried to explain to me but I still can’t understand

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Unfortunately, not much really. Theoretically if the person responsible can be detained and tried at a legitimate court, they can be convicted as a war criminal, with sentences which are usually life imprisonment or death. However most war criminals are never detained, tried and convicted.

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