pa href="https://news.yahoo.com/russias-putin-revokes-geneva-convention-172346102.html"img src="http://l2.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/aFFyyJxvXQ6TjaYz5uVJWQ--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/https://media.zenfs.com/en-US/reuters.com/86198c36d427a798ec07f71532de5a1c" width="130" height="86" alt="Russia#39;s Putin revokes Geneva convention protocol on war crimes victims" align="left" title="Russia#39;s Putin revokes Geneva convention protocol on war crimes victims" border="0" /aRussian President Vladimir Putin has revoked an additional protocol to the Geneva Conventions related to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts, a Russian parliamentary website cites a letter from him as saying. The Additional Protocol I to the 1949 Geneva Convention was ratified by the Soviet Union#39;s Supreme Council, or parliament, in 1989. Putin#39;s letter, dated Oct. 16 and addressed to the speaker of lower house of parliament on the quot;recall of the statement made at the ratificationquot;, said an international commission, set up in order to investigate war crimes against civilians, quot;has effectively failed to carry out its functions since 1991quot;.pbr clear="all"
