Wars Humanising Wars

... end, even the cold-blooded politicians realised the need to at least try and make wars less inhumane, if not for the people, then at least for having less problems afterwards. Wikipedia.org Red Cross poster from the First World War Humanising war In international humanitarian law the impact of World War II was most evidently seen in the four new Geneva Conventions of 1949, still in power today. Among various novelties in those treaties, it is necessary to pay attention to some of them: First, it is the inclusion of numerous rules on protection of civilians. The previous Conventions dealt mainly ...