# The Geneva Conventions at 60: Taking Stock

The Law Library of Congress, the American Red Cross and the Friends of the Law Library of Congress present a program to mark the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. The discussion begins with a brief history of the origins of these ground-breaking treaties and the role played by the Red Cross. A panel examines the Conventions' roots as the foundation of the international humanitarian law and the challenges the treaties face today.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2009
- By: Law Library Of Congress (u.s.)
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688369/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2021688369?play=1)