{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Cross-Files | ICRC Archives, audiovisual and library","provider_url":"https:\/\/blogs.icrc.org\/cross-files","author_name":"Charlotte Mohr","author_url":"https:\/\/blogs.icrc.org\/cross-files\/author\/cmohr\/","title":"From the Gilded Age to the Digital Age: The Evolution of ICRC Legal Commentaries - Cross-Files | ICRC Archives, audiovisual and library","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"CQEa1ZlJwi\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.icrc.org\/cross-files\/the-evolution-of-icrc-legal-commentaries\/\">From the Gilded Age to the Digital Age: The Evolution of ICRC Legal Commentaries<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.icrc.org\/cross-files\/the-evolution-of-icrc-legal-commentaries\/embed\/#?secret=CQEa1ZlJwi\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;From the Gilded Age to the Digital Age: The Evolution of ICRC Legal Commentaries&#8221; &#8212; Cross-Files | ICRC Archives, audiovisual and library\" data-secret=\"CQEa1ZlJwi\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/blogs.icrc.org\/cross-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/06\/timeline_snapshot_ad.png","thumbnail_width":828,"thumbnail_height":707,"description":"The updated ICRC Commentaries on the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are heirs to a long tradition of legal commentaries published to support the interpretation and application of the cornerstone treaties of IHL. This article looks back in time, from the origin of the commentaries to the current ICRC project to update them, to share a few insights on their evolution, in terms of authorship, methodology, audience, form, and substance. How have 150+ years of development of the law and State practice, along with evolving standards for legal scholarship and treaty interpretation, impacted the Commentaries?"}