Today marks 75 years since the adoption of the Geneva Conventions on August 12 1949. In theory, these rules of war are universally agreed by every nation. In practice, they are routinely violated ...

1. This Declaration reflects the common understanding reached by the participating High Contracting Parties to the Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention on 17 ...

When you have losses on both sides exceeding 1 million—and now, by conservative estimates, we’re talking about 1.2 million—it ...

The Geneva Convention has been agreed to by 196 states ... "but it has been done in a wholly inhumane way, because to order 1.1 million people to evacuate in the course of a few hours is obviously ...

As they turn 70 this year, Dr Helen Durham, Director of International Law and Policy at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), shares five myths about the Geneva Conventions. MYTH 1: ...

Extracts from the Third Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment ... who have fallen into the power of the enemy: (1) Members of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict as well as members ...

The main rules of the Geneva Convention are as follows; 1. The adverse party is authorised to ask questions related to the name, military post, service number etc only. of the POWs but questions ...

“Suicide bombing is a direct violation of the Geneva Convention because you are supposed to display your arms openly. So you don’t get militia status for being a suicide bomber because you don ...

Do Law and National Security Clash,” was held on the future of the Geneva Conventions and international norms as they relate to the interrogation of foreign captives. Panelists discussed whether ...

GENEVA (AP) — The Geneva Conventions have been adopted by nearly every country since they were finalized on Aug. 12, 1949. But on their 75th anniversary, the world’s best-known rulebook on war ...

President Vladimir Putin is pulling Russia out of a key element of the Geneva Conventions that ... Wednesday to withdraw from Protocol 1 of the 1949 convention “relating to the protection ...