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At its 75th anniversary, the world's best-known rulebook on the protection of civilians, detainees and wounded soldiers in war has been widely ignored — from Gaza to Syria to Ukraine to Myanmar ...

At various times in history, rules have been laid down to govern ... implemented by President Lincoln during the Civil War. The first Geneva Convention protects the sick and wounded by giving ...

"No state... can be exempt from the obligation not to commit war crimes, not to commit genocide, not to commit ethnic ...

Although they were adopted in 1949, to take account of the experiences of the Second World War, the four Geneva Conventions continue to apply to armed conflicts today. Two Additional Protocols were ...

Japan signed the 1929 convention but failed to ratify it. However, in 1942, Japan indicated it would follow the Geneva rules and would observe the Hague Convention of 1907 outlining the laws and ...

The world body has added 74 new documentary heritage collections to its Memory of the World Register, bringing the total ...

UNESCO's Memory of the World Register now includes 74 new documentary heritage collections, celebrating global milestones and ...

The enforcement of the Geneva Conventions lies in states themselves ... questions about how conflicting parties interpret IHL rules. The report, which names Gaza as one of the urban battlefields ...

The documentary heritage related to the life and work of naturalist Charles Darwin, the Universal Declaration of Human Rig ...