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The adoption of the 1949 Geneva Conventions: a humanitarian break and colonial continuity

ICRC Humanitarian Law and Policy Blog by ICRC Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog

Feb 26, 202600:16:31News & Politics

More than seven decades after their adoption, the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 remain foundational to contemporary international humanitarian law (IHL). Efforts to update their Commentaries testify to both the resilie...

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The adoption of the 1949 Geneva Conventions: a humanitarian break and colonial continuity is an episode from ICRC Humanitarian Law and Policy Blog by ICRC Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog. More than seven decades after their adoption, the fou...

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Published Feb 26, 2026, 00:16:31 long, audio available.