The Geneva Conventions are our common humanity. They ensure that the basic rights of prisoners and wounded persons, civil and military, are respected, that families get reunited and get news from loved ones, that civilians are protected and fed by occupying powers, and that the Emblem of the Red Cross and Red Crescent is unviolable. Peace is easier to make when the Geneva Conventions are respected.
Learn more here on the process and the current status of the Geneva Conventions, and how they make a difference in conflicts today, in the words of Swiss diplomats.
