Son collègue, le ministre de la Défense nationale, a laissé entendre que les conventions de Genève étaient dépassées, mais le directeur des services juridiques du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge a dit que nous avons connu de nouveaux types de conflits autant que des guerres classiques, mais que les règles fondamentales demeurent les mêmes.
His colleague, the Minister of National Defence, has suggested that the Geneva conventions were outdated, but the legal director of the International Committee of the Red Cross has said that we have had new types of conflicts as well as classic wars, but the fundamental rules are the same.