• CON

    They do not deserve to be protected by the laws of war...

    There is a moral duty to respect a basic level of humanity.

    Terrorists themselves do not respect human rights. They attack civilians and rarely comply with the Geneva Conventions or international human rights law. They do not deserve to be protected by the laws of war because they do not behave like a military organisation. If they do not comply with the laws of war there is no reason why they should enjoy the benefits of the Geneva Conventions when they are detained.

    • https://debatewise.org/debates/3379-terrorists-should-be-subject-to-the-geneva-conventions/
    • score
      BM25 score: 12.44
      universal: 0.53
      sourceText: 0.53 (boost 0.20, idf 2.38, tfNorm 1.11)
      sum: 3.70 (product 3.18, product 0.52)
      sum: 1.86 (product 1.76, product 0.10)
      basic: 10.05
      conclusion: 9.53 (boost 1.50, idf 7.19, tfNorm 0.88)
      sourceText: 0.52 (boost 0.20, idf 1.58, tfNorm 1.65)
      should: 1.86
      premises: 1.76 (idf 1.28, tfNorm 1.38)
      sourceText: 0.10 (boost 0.20, idf 0.24, tfNorm 2.12)
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