The Geneva Conventions can be dated back to the start of the movement in 1864, but the current version was signed on August 12, 1949, which means that today the Conventions turn sixty. They are the ...

The first Geneva Convention was signed in 1864 to protect the sick and wounded in times of war. Since then, there have been numerous additions and revisions to this statute. The Geneva Conventions ...

LONDON (AlertNet)- The laws of war spelt out in the Geneva Conventions are as relevant today as 60 years ago but persuading everyone, from rebels to government forces, to abide by them has proved a ...

Tonight, the Russian army has abandoned its attempt to take Ukraine's capital city. Kyiv is still under air assault, but Russian ground troops are retreating from the suburbs after suffering grievous ...

On August 12, 1949, the four Geneva Conventions were adopted, laying the basis of a normative standard in international humanitarian law. As Balthasar Staehelin, personal envoy of the International ...

The ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas has led to accusations of war crimes on both sides, after Israeli civilians were targeted in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack and Israel responded with airstrikes on ...

We are again witnessing what a world without pity looks like. The invasion of Ukraine; Russia’s murder of civilians in Bucha; Hamas killers filming themselves murdering women, children, and retirees ...

Our belief in the power of kindness can be traced back to the creation of the Red Cross Movement. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement started in 1863 and was inspired by Swiss ...

The Fourth Geneva Convention, adopted in 1949, codifies the protection of civilians in times of international armed conflict and occupation. Born from the ashes of the Second World War when the ...

Jan. 30 -- Up until Sept. 11, few Americans knew or cared much about the Geneva Conventions. Now, the Geneva Conventions are a part of daily discourse in Washington, a measure of the treatment of al ...