France 24 reported that her remarks were a reminder of the Geneva Conventions’ core claim: war does not erase the duty to spare civilians and to hold certain lines.
That distinction, she argued, sits at the heart of a stark warning: the legal framework built to limit suffering in war is under growing strain.
She said the erosion is unfolding as armed conflicts proliferate, technology changes the way wars are fought, and diplomacy retreats.
Her warning recalls the premise of the 1949 Geneva Conventions: even in war, there can be no lawless space, and certain red lines must never be crossed.
Picard welcomed Spoljaric for the interview as the Red Cross leader set out why those limits still matter.
She said conflicts are increasingly crossing borders while humanitarian needs overwhelm the resources available to meet them.
In that setting, she argued, diplomacy has taken a back seat to a logic of might makes right.
Spoljaric’s deepest concern, the account of the interview said, extends beyond the battlefield itself.
The danger she described is not only more fighting, but a gradual acceptance that brutality can go unchecked once war begins.