Keeping it relevant: interpreting the Geneva Conventions in the 21st century
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ICRC Legal Advisor Jean-Marie Henckaerts talks about his latest work as head of the ICRC project to update the commentaries on the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the Additional Protocols of 1977.
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