The International Committee of the Red Cross, today called for video games to punish crimes committed in battle by applying real-life international war conventions to the gameplay.
In a statement released today, the Red Cross said,
“The ICRC is concerned that certain game scenarios could lead to a trivialization of serious violations of the law of armed conflict.”
Stressing that the ICRC was not asking for censorship of games, spokesman Berarnd Barrett, outlined,
“We’re not asking for censorship, we don’t want to take any elements out of the games, but we’re hoping that the ones that offer a realistic portrayal of a modern battlefield can incorporate some sort of reward or penalties depending on whether they follow the basic rules of armed conflict.”
Shooting civilians, torture, attacking ambulances and killing prisoners were aspects of video games that the ICRC suggested to be addressed.