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 ...
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 ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GENEVA (AP) — At its 75th anniversary, the ...
AMMAN — The world on August 12, 1949 made a solemn promise through the Geneva Conventions that even in war, there are limits. Today, that promise is under serious threat, the International Committee ...