{"id":27784,"date":"2011-12-04T09:48:17","date_gmt":"2011-12-04T13:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=27784"},"modified":"2011-12-04T09:48:17","modified_gmt":"2011-12-04T13:48:17","slug":"red-cross-wants-to-regulate-war-crimes-in-video-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=27784","title":{"rendered":"Red Cross wants to regulate war crimes in video games"},"content":{"rendered":"

TT sends a link to the stupidest shit<\/a> I ever read, about the International Conference of the Red Cross decided to influence governments to pass laws that would require video game makers to comply with the Geneva Conventions;<\/p>\n

“While the Movement works vigorously to promote international humanitarian law worldwide, there is also an audience of approximately 600 million gamers who may be virtually violating IHL,” according to the event’s description. “Exactly how video games influence individuals is a hotly debated topic, but for the first time, Movement partners discussed our role and responsibility to take action against violations of IHL in video games. In a side event, participants were asked: ‘What should we do, and what is the most effective method?’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So I suspected that the story may be a plant and went to the website of the Conference and found nothing of the sort there. I did notice, however, that they discuss “Promoting a culture of non violence and peace<\/a>“, so it’s entirely possible that they did discuss the issue. <\/p>\n

The article continues;<\/p>\n

Reached for comment earlier this week, Alexandra Boivin, head of the Civil Society Relations Unit’s Department of International Law and Cooperation for the committee, declined to discuss their findings yet.<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately, it is too early in the discussion to share our views publicly,” Boivin told Kotaku. “We will be posting some information on the ICRC’s website in the weeks to come, with a view to stating and explaining our interest in the topic.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Alexandra Boivin<\/a> is a real person at the International Red Cross, so the quote may be accurate as well as the rest of the story. We’ll be keeping an eye on it.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, that clique of gamers who hang out here, we’ll be expecting you to set the example and conform to the Geneva Conventions during your virtual exploits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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