According to several reports, the number of civilians’ victims of armed conflicts, refugees, Internally Displaced Persons (I.D.Ps) and people in need of treatment has rapidly increased. From the Yugoslavian war to Iraq and from Afghanistan to Syria the acquis of the past were put into question humanitarian emergencies have become more complex than ever, parties to the conflict do not hesitate to violate the laws of war, humanitarian principles are challenged, access to humanitarian organizations is denied and, the most important, civilians are paying an extremely high death toll. However, the fall of the Berlin wall and the consequences of the 9/11 attacks changed the world order. From the Geneva Conventions of 1864 to the Hague Conference of 1907 and from the Geneva Conventions of 1949 to the Additional Protocols of 1977 the law governing armed conflicts steadily developed. The huge number of civilians’ and combatants’ deaths led to a parallel increase in the number of treaties. The twentieth century was stigmatized by the high number of armed conflicts which took place all over the globe from South Africa to Finland and from Colombia to China the world suffered immensely.
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