Nevertheless, the International Committee of the Red Cross has sought to provide some clarification through its commentaries on the Geneva Conventions, noting that the Conventions are "so general, so vague, that many of the delegations feared that it might be taken to cover any act committed by force of arms".
Con todo, o comité internacional da Cruz Vermella tratou de aclarar o concepto cos seus comentarios sobre a convención de Xenebra, indicando que as convencións son "tan xerais, tan vagas, que moitas das delegacións temían que podían tomarse para cubrir calquera acto cometido pola forza das armas".