Virtual Warfare: Should Video Games Value International Human Rights Laws?

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Virtual Warfare: Should Video Games Value International Human Rights Laws?

Added: 23.03.2014 11:15 | 8 views | 0 comments

Many video games, particularly first person shooter (FPS) games, do not follow current rules of war, nor do they take into account internationally accepted human rights standards. For example, games in the Call of Duty series, owned and published by Activision Publishing Inc., allow players to execute the wounded in contravention of the Geneva Conventions, to destroy civilian buildings, and to torture surrendered enemies. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is now pushing video game manufacturers to have their games acknowledge international humanitarian law.