Reaffirmation and development of international humanitarian law applicable in armed conflicts: the Conference of Government Experts (second session), 3 May – 2 June 1972

Abstract

As was mentioned in the previous note on the above subject, the (first) Conference of Government Experts held in Geneva in May 1971, although an important step on the road towards the “reaffirmation and development” of certain more or less neglected parts of the international humanitarian law applicable in armed conflicts, was in itself insufficient preparation for a future diplomatic conference. A second conference of experts seemed therefore to be indicated, and the announcement, made in the final session of the Conference by the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (or ICRC), that such a conference would be organized in 1972, was received with unanimous approval and satisfaction.