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Wars have limits

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2024

Ignazio Cassis
Ignazio Cassis*
Affiliation:
Federal Councillor and Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
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This year marks the 160th anniversary of the original Geneva Convention and the 75th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949. Together, they have come to embody our common humanity. Alas, recent history teaches us that nothing can be taken for granted – whether people's basic rights or peace.

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Opinion Note
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International Review of the Red Cross , Volume 106 , Issue 927: IHL & Peace , December 2024 , pp. 1002 - 1003
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Committee of the Red Cross

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