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 ...

The Clint Eastwood movie the military disowned was 'Heartbreak Ridge', which allegedly featured a scene of Eastwood's ...

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 ...

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 ...

With a total of 196 state parties, there are no other international treaties as widely ratified as the four 1949 Geneva Conventions on the Laws of War. But these important treaties are showing their ...

The Geneva Conventions are one of the most important pieces of internationally ratified legislation of the 20th century, but where did they begin? Let's take a deep dive into the history of the ...

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 ...

Palestinians for decades have stood their ground and against all odds have continued to live where they rightfully belong: their ancestral homeland.

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

On 17 December 2024, in partnership with the Embassy of Switzerland in Uzbekistan and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation in Central Asia, the National Human Rights ...