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the basic rights of wartime prisoners (civilians and military personnel), established protections for the wounded and sick, and established protections for the civilians in and around a war-zone.
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
You forgot to include the text or the third paragraph. Without that information, we do not know what you are referring to.
However, doing some deep research, we can comment on the following.
One instance in which the Spanish resorted to the type of actions threatened in the third paragraph was to punish the Native peoples who refused to obey the conquerors and refused to convert to Catholicism.
The Spanish have threatened the Indians expressing threats such as <em>"...But, if you do not obey, we shall powerfully enter into your country, and shall make war against you and shall subject you to the yoke and obedience of the Church and the king and queen of Spain."</em>
Spanish conquerors committed many atrocities when they tried to colonize many territories in the Americas. all in the name of God and the Catholic church.
This was part of a medieval document titled "The Demand." This document was issued by the council of Castile in 1510. When conquerors arrived in the Americas, they had to read the document to warn Native Indian peol¿ple, before taking their territories.
They played a role against the violation of human rights because of the inequality the world had against race,color,ethnicity and even weight/height. When people protested about this topic, people were less hateful to diversity and would allow any other skin color, weight or races into this world.
They feared communism would spread.
"poll tax" describes a legal means southern whites used to prevent blacks from voting in the post-Reconstruction era but there were other means as well.