Seventy years after the adoption of the Geneva Conventions, there are challenges that remain to be addressed. This briefing takes three pertinent examples, and discusses possibilities for addressing them.
Acknowledgments
The author is grateful to Elizabeth Wilmshurst, Distinguished Fellow, Chatham House, for her assistance in drafting this briefing, and to Chanu Peiris, manager of the International Law Programme, for her support throughout the process.
Elements of the analysis in this briefing draw on panel discussions hosted by Chatham House to mark the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. Thanks are also due to the panellists and participants for sharing their insights.
The views expressed in this briefing are the sole responsibility of the author.
This briefing was made possible by the generous support of the British Red Cross.