Furthermore, the First Convention contains the provisions relating to the use and protection of the emblem, both reaffirming the protective function of the emblem and clarifying the restrictions on its use. 6 As an essential condition for the wounded and sick to be collected and cared for, protection is also afforded to military medical personnel, units, material and transports. As such, the First Convention more than any other IHL treaty represents the embodiment of Henry Dunant’s idea that the soldier who is wounded or sick, and who is therefore hors de combat, is from that moment inviolable. that the wounded and sick members of the armed forces are to be respected and protected in all circumstances, be treated humanely and cared for, whether friend or foe. The First Convention elaborates the fundamental obligation of IHL that was originally championed by the founders of the ICRC, i.e. The Commentary is available free of charge on the ICRC website. With the completion of the updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention on the Protection of the Wounded and Sick of Armed Forces in the Field, the first major milestone has been reached. The project is carried out as part of the ICRC’s role “to work for the understanding and dissemination of knowledge of international humanitarian law” (IHL) and for its faithful application. With the project of updating all six Commentaries, the ICRC seeks to ensure that these developments are captured in the Commentaries and that up-to-date and comprehensive interpretations of the law are provided.
3 Since the drafting of the original Commentaries in the 1950s and 1980s, the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols have been put to the test on numerous occasions, and there have been significant developments in how they are applied and interpreted in practice. In 2011, the ICRC, along with a number of renowned external experts embarked on a major project: updating the Commentaries on the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977. A contemporary interpretation of humanitarian law
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