Humanitarian action and international law - Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/emergency-humanitarian-action/humanitarian-action-and-international-law/?xtor=RSS-1 The atrocities committed on the battlefields of the Second World War made it clear that the First Geneva Convention signed in 1864 needed to be supplemented. In 1949, at the instigation of the Swiss Government, 59 States took part in a conference to draft the additional texts. Twelve other States and several international organizations, including the United Nations, were observers. The four Geneva Conventions, signed on 12 August 1949, developed new ideas, particularly when it comes to the (…) en Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH72/visuel_defaut_une_fd-44916-890bc.jpg?1702480414 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr?xtor=RSS-1