AsslessBaboon OP t1_iuhljix wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:08 PM

Reply to comment by FondleMyPlumsPlease in Barrage of Russian strikes hits key Ukrainian infrastructure by AsslessBaboon

Granted. acording to the ICRC’s study on customary international humanitarian law (IHL)

Practice Relating to Rule 42. Works and Installations Containing Dangerous Forces

>Article 56 of the 1977 Additional Protocol I provides:

>1. Works and installations containing dangerous forces, namely dams, dykes and nuclear electrical generating stations, shall not be made the object of attack, even where these objects are military objectives, if such attack may cause the release of dangerous forces and consequent severe losses among the civilian population. Other military objectives located at or in the vicinity of these works or installations shall not be made the object of attack if such attack may cause the release of dangerous forces from the works or installations and consequent severe losses among the civilian population.

https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v2_rul_rule42_sectiona

AsslessBaboon OP t1_iuhlr2j wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:11 PM

Its also important to note that

In many States customary international law – or the practice underlying its rules – can be invoked before national courts and tribunals. In Israel, for example, the Supreme Court delivered a judgment in 2008 concerning restrictions on the flow of fuel and electricity to Gaza. The court referred to customary IHL and the ICRC study which stated that "each party to a conflict is obliged to refrain from disrupting the passage of basic humanitarian relief to populations needing it in areas under its control."