The Geneva Conventions, which aim to protect the human rights of civilians caught up in war, were signed 75 years ago, but the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sees little cause for celebration. “International humanitarian law is under strain, disregardedundermined,” the ICRC’s president, Mirjana Spoljaric, said in Geneva on Monday. She is deeply concerned and warned that parties to conflicts were increasingly pushing the boundaries of what they considered to be permissible in war. This, she said, weakens the protective effect of the Geneva Conventions. The strictly…