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Nina Tannenwald

ist Fulbright-Gastprofessorin für Internationale Studien an der Diplomatischen Akademie in Wien.

How the Revolution of 1848  Enabled the Geneva Conventions

How the Revolution of 1848 Enabled the Geneva Conventions

Lesen Sie die deutsche Version hier. On June 24, 1859, Henri Dunant, a Swiss businessman from Geneva, was traveling to Italy when he happened upon the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino, part of the wars of Italian independence. Forty thousand wounded, dead, and dying Austrian, French and Italian soldiers