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10-08-2009  Photo Collection  
Our world: views from the field – in images
To mark the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC conducted an opinion survey in eight countries affected by armed conflict. The newest findings indicate that an overwhelming majority of people agree that even wars should have limits, but far fewer are aware that rules on warfare already exist. The research results are illustrated here by award-winning photographers from the VII photo agency.

© ICRC / VII / Antonin Kratochvil / ge-e-00425

Zugdidi. The fighting between Georgian and Russian Federation forces in August 2008 is a recent example of an international armed conflict where all four of the Geneva Conventions were applicable. The Conventions place limits on how war is waged and form the cornerstone of international humanitarian law. Here, a woman sits by the window in a displacement centre in Zugdidi.





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