Human rights treaties allow for the suspension of some rights only if: (a) there is an officially proclaimed emergency which vitally threatens the life or security of the nation; (b) the measures adopted are required by the exigencies of the situation; and (c) the measures are applied only to the extent and for the time that are strictly demanded by the situation.
El Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja, la organización preeminentemente más experimentada en cuanto a las leyes del conflicto armado y a la infernal realidad de la guerra, sabe bien eso.