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Burra asks a really great question, but I think some of his answers require more critical and deeper thought. THREAD #GC70 @ejiltalk ejiltalk.org/was-there-the-…
I agree with Burra's critique that we shouldn't focus our attention on the absence of Third World states alone. Indeed, it's critical that we take the role, ideas, and contributions of non-European delegates more seriously if we want to better understand the law's making.
At the same time, we shouldn't ignore a long history of excluding non-European voices (see chapter). This marginalization did not end in 1949, since the Vietnamese and Indonesians failed to receive an invitation - despite signifi dipl recognition. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
We might be biased, but we think the #GenevaConventions are the most important achievements of the 20th century.
Today they turn 70.
Here’s why it’s so important that even wars have rules. #GC70 #thread
Today they turn 70.
Here’s why it’s so important that even wars have rules. #GC70 #thread
Torture is unacceptable.
Sexual violence is prohibited.
Sick & wounded must be cared for.
Hospitals must not be attacked.
Detainees must be treated humanely.
Families should know the fate of missing relatives.
The dead deserve dignity.
#GenevaConventions preserve our humanity.
Sexual violence is prohibited.
Sick & wounded must be cared for.
Hospitals must not be attacked.
Detainees must be treated humanely.
Families should know the fate of missing relatives.
The dead deserve dignity.
#GenevaConventions preserve our humanity.
After the atrocities of the Second World War, the world came together to prevent such horrors from ever happening again.
It took just 4 months negotiate the #GenevaConventions.
They are universally ratified.
It took just 4 months negotiate the #GenevaConventions.
They are universally ratified.
Today is the 70th birthday of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. They are the most important rules ever formulated for armed conflict and universally ratified. THREAD. #GC70 
Many of today’s celebrations will perpetuate old myths about the Conventions, however. In this thread, I want to debunk a few of them by discussing the drafters' intentions, their unique achievements, as well as their shortcomings - that we're still grappling with today.
One of the oldest myths about the Conventions is that the drafters were living in a so-called ivory tower. Who is so naive, critics asked, to draft a set of rules for something so lawless as war? Contrary to this image, however, many drafters had seen war with their own eyes.
