{"id":72001,"date":"2020-12-31T14:14:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T14:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=72001"},"modified":"2021-01-04T13:36:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T13:36:34","slug":"un-experts-say-trumps-pardon-of-blackwater-contractors-violates-international-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72001-un-experts-say-trumps-pardon-of-blackwater-contractors-violates-international-law\/","title":{"rendered":"UN experts say Trump&#8217;s pardon of Blackwater contractors violates international law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2020-12-31_22-24-14-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2020-12-31_22-24-14-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2020-12-31_22-24-14-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2020-12-31_22-24-14-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2020-12-31_22-24-14-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2020-12-31_22-24-14.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s pardon of four American men convicted of killing Iraqi civilians while working as contractors in 2007 violated U.S. obligations under international law, U.N. human rights experts said on Wednesday.<br>Nicholas Slatten was convicted of first-degree murder, while Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard were convicted of voluntary and attempted manslaughter, over the incident in which U.S. contractors opened fire in busy traffic in a Baghdad square and killed 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians.<br>The four contractors, who worked for the private security firm Blackwater owned by the brother of Trump&#8217;s education secretary, were included in a wave of pre-Christmas pardons announced by the White House.<br>\u201cPardoning the Blackwater contractors is an affront to justice and to the victims of the Nisour Square massacre and their families,\u201d said Jelena Aparac, chair of the U.N. working group on the use of mercenaries, said in a statement.<br>The Geneva Conventions oblige states to hold war criminals accountable for their crimes, even when they act as private security contractors, the U.N. experts said.<br>&#8220;These pardons violate U.S. obligations under international law and more broadly undermine humanitarian law and human rights at a global level.&#8221;<br>By allowing private security contractors to &#8220;operate with impunity in armed conflicts&#8221;, states will be emboldened to circumvent their obligations under humanitarian law, they said.<br>In a statement announcing the pardons, the White House said the move was &#8220;broadly supported by the public&#8221; and backed by a number of Republican lawmakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s pardon of four American men convicted of killing Iraqi civilians while working as contractors in 2007 violated U.S. obligations under international law, U.N. human rights experts said on Wednesday.Nicholas Slatten was convicted of first-degree murder, while Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard were convicted of voluntary and attempted manslaughter, over &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":72075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,31,30],"tags":[355,817,172,524],"class_list":["post-72001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-america","category-news","category-world","tag-donald-trump","tag-law","tag-united-nations","tag-violates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UN experts say Trump&#039;s pardon of Blackwater contractors violates international law - Shia Waves<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72001-un-experts-say-trumps-pardon-of-blackwater-contractors-violates-international-law\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UN experts say Trump&#039;s pardon of Blackwater contractors violates international law - Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s pardon of four American men convicted of killing Iraqi civilians while working as contractors in 2007 violated U.S. obligations under international law, U.N. human rights experts said on Wednesday.Nicholas Slatten was convicted of first-degree murder, while Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard were convicted of voluntary and attempted manslaughter, over &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72001-un-experts-say-trumps-pardon-of-blackwater-contractors-violates-international-law\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-31T14:14:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-01-04T13:36:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2020-12-31_22-24-14.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Behnam\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Behnam\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72001-un-experts-say-trumps-pardon-of-blackwater-contractors-violates-international-law\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72001-un-experts-say-trumps-pardon-of-blackwater-contractors-violates-international-law\/\",\"name\":\"UN experts say Trump's pardon of Blackwater contractors violates international law - Shia Waves\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72001-un-experts-say-trumps-pardon-of-blackwater-contractors-violates-international-law\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72001-un-experts-say-trumps-pardon-of-blackwater-contractors-violates-international-law\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2020-12-31_22-24-14.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-31T14:14:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-04T13:36:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/2dfb3393817ea58c2022356ed0dc4ed9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72001-un-experts-say-trumps-pardon-of-blackwater-contractors-violates-international-law\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72001-un-experts-say-trumps-pardon-of-blackwater-contractors-violates-international-law\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72001-un-experts-say-trumps-pardon-of-blackwater-contractors-violates-international-law\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2020-12-31_22-24-14.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2020-12-31_22-24-14.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":1280},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72001-un-experts-say-trumps-pardon-of-blackwater-contractors-violates-international-law\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"UN experts say Trump&#8217;s pardon of Blackwater contractors violates international law\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\",\"name\":\"Shia Waves\",\"description\":\"Just another ShiaWaves site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/2dfb3393817ea58c2022356ed0dc4ed9\",\"name\":\"Behnam\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/mahdi007\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UN experts say Trump's pardon of Blackwater contractors violates international law - Shia Waves","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72001-un-experts-say-trumps-pardon-of-blackwater-contractors-violates-international-law\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"UN experts say Trump's pardon of Blackwater contractors violates international law - Shia Waves","og_description":"U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s pardon of four American men convicted of killing Iraqi civilians while working as contractors in 2007 violated U.S. obligations under international law, U.N. human rights experts said on Wednesday.Nicholas Slatten was convicted of first-degree murder, while Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard were convicted of voluntary and attempted manslaughter, over &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72001-un-experts-say-trumps-pardon-of-blackwater-contractors-violates-international-law\/","og_site_name":"Shia Waves","article_published_time":"2020-12-31T14:14:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-01-04T13:36:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":1280,"url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2020-12-31_22-24-14.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Behnam","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Behnam","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72001-un-experts-say-trumps-pardon-of-blackwater-contractors-violates-international-law\/","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72001-un-experts-say-trumps-pardon-of-blackwater-contractors-violates-international-law\/","name":"UN experts say Trump's pardon of Blackwater contractors violates international law - Shia Waves","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72001-un-experts-say-trumps-pardon-of-blackwater-contractors-violates-international-law\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72001-un-experts-say-trumps-pardon-of-blackwater-contractors-violates-international-law\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2020-12-31_22-24-14.jpg","datePublished":"2020-12-31T14:14:44+00:00","dateModified":"2021-01-04T13:36:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/2dfb3393817ea58c2022356ed0dc4ed9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72001-un-experts-say-trumps-pardon-of-blackwater-contractors-violates-international-law\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72001-un-experts-say-trumps-pardon-of-blackwater-contractors-violates-international-law\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72001-un-experts-say-trumps-pardon-of-blackwater-contractors-violates-international-law\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2020-12-31_22-24-14.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2020-12-31_22-24-14.jpg","width":1280,"height":1280},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72001-un-experts-say-trumps-pardon-of-blackwater-contractors-violates-international-law\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UN experts say Trump&#8217;s pardon of Blackwater contractors violates international law"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/","name":"Shia Waves","description":"Just another ShiaWaves site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/2dfb3393817ea58c2022356ed0dc4ed9","name":"Behnam","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/mahdi007\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72001"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72076,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72001\/revisions\/72076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}