Diane Amann

All members with the exception of Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin and China's deputy U.N. Ambassador Wang Min vote in the United Nations Security Council in favor of referring the Syrian crisis to the International Criminal Court for investigation o

The Geneva Conventions look useless in the face of today’s potential war crimes

Conflict

The Geneva Conventions are supposed to protect the world’s civilians from the destruction of war, but they seem to have little effect on today’s conflicts. Are they still useful on the modern battlefield?The Geneva Conventions are supposed to protect the world’s civilians from the destruction of war, but they seem to have little effect on today’s conflicts. Are they still useful on the modern battlefield?