Press Release: Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the Occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the adoption of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the four Geneva Conventions for the protection of those who do not, or no longer, take part in hostilities, the European Union reiterates the importance that it attaches to the Geneva Conventions, which are at the heart of international humanitarian law.