Revising the GCs --- Nathalie, I personally believe that for the time being, attempting to revise the GCs would be a disaster. And by the way, we still have the Martens Clause, dating back to 1899! "" Until a more complete code of the laws of war is issued, the High Contracting Parties think it right to declare that in cases not included in the Regulations adopted by them, populations and belligerents remain under the protection and empire of the principles of international law, as they result from the usages established between civilized nations, from the laws of humanity and the requirements of the public conscience. "

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