Rachel Denber, Human Rights Watch (HRW) deputy director, Europe and Central Asia division, said Zelensky posting the clips of ...

The Geneva Conventions are a series of international treaties – four, to be precise – agreed by representatives of national governments between 1864 and 1949. Further protocols were added in ...

[4] Protocol Additional to the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I) of 8 June 1977 [hereinafter Protocol I].

The four Geneva Conventions, agreed by every country, set out how soldiers and civilians should be treated in war. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols form the basis of modern ...

THERE is a very common misconception surrounding the terminology used to describe Palestinians detained by Israel. These individuals are often inaccurately referred to as prisoners of war. However, ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense, has lamented that international laws governing war and torture have hamstrung and endangered American military ...

The Geneva Conventions are four separate treaties negotiated and re-negotiated by international committees between 1864 and 1977 to govern human rights during wartime. Henri Dunant, founder of the ...

The 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols have been described by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as "one of humanity's most important accomplishments of the ...

An expert in international law explains the rules of war laid out in the Geneva Conventions − and why they’re so hard to enforce.

No international rules existed. In 1864, twelve nations signed the first Geneva Convention, which guaranteed neutrality to medical personnel who would be identified by the special emblem of a red ...

The four Geneva Conventions, agreed by every country, set out how soldiers and civilians should be treated in war. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols form the basis of modern ...