RT by @IRIMFA_EN: Today, 12 August, marks the anniversary of the adoption of the four Geneva Conventions in 1949—the core international treaties that established the most essential

Today, 12 August, marks the anniversary of the adoption of the four Geneva Conventions in 1949—the core international treaties that established the most essential rules of the law of armed conflict, namely 'humanity', 'distinction', 'military necessity', 'proportionality', and the prohibition of 'unnecessary suffering' in order to civilize humanity and humanize war. The architects of these four treaties could scarcely have imagined that, in 2026—seventy seven years after the adoption of these instruments —the Unite