It was a frigid morning. The BART was roaring across the tracks and I was sure the interview was not going to happen. It was 7:41 and the interview was set for 7:30 on the dot. As I sadly pack up my notes, my phone vibrates, displaying a 15 digit number with “Geneva” written underneath. This was it. They had really called! I had set an interview up two days ago, but I had not received a call. I take a deep breath, and tap the “accept” button. “Hello? Is this Tyler Johnson?”, an older man asked in a calm voice. “Yes, I am Tyler,” I respond, unable to come up with more words. They REALLY called! “You called for Jean-Marie?”, He asks, (Jean-Marie was the woman who works the emails), concerned. “Yes but-” “She is not in the office today, but I am her boss. Is that okay?” “Yes that is fine.” A little disappointed because I now have to re-word my questions, but I am determined to follow this interview through. “I have prepared a list of questions,” I continue, “I guess I’ll start by asking, where did you grow up?” “Ooh,” He responds, sounding as if he is reminiscing, “I grew up In Belgium, but now I work up in Geneva at the ICRC.” “Oh, Belgium, I heard it’s beautiful there.” I continue by asking where he got his first job. “I worked as a research assistant for a professor in Belgium, but as I said before, now I am working for the ICRC.” The ICRC I already knew that ICRC stood for the International Committee of the Red Cross, but I wanted to dig deeper, and hear first hand what they do there. “What does the ICRC do?”, I ask sincerely. “In a general sense, we help protect people and their rights in armed conflict. For instance, we can visit and see if prisoners are being treated properly, or if civilians are in safety. We even help with the aftermath of armed conflict, either helping find someone missing, of cleaning up the mess, or restoring energy and water to the area.” “I see... ” I say, trailing off. I am now starting to realize how real war can be, but that’s just the start. I had been thinking of new technology, like cyberwarfare, where in computers class we learned that you can cause massive damage by attacking someplace like a hydroelectric dam, causing floods and pressure explosions, and these new technologies have not been mentioned in the 1949 Conventions, because it had not existed in that time. So now I ask him a crucial and final question. “Do you think any changes need to be made to the current conventions, adding any or editing?” “Yes, of course!”, he responds, “With all of these new technologies, like drones and cyber attacks, there definitely needs to be some guidelines for usage of them. Rules with drones must be the same as for planes, for example, a drone cannot just go out and target hospitals, schools, and power plants, even without pilots inside of them. Cyber attacks can cause serious damage, and must be regulated, but our biggest problem of all, is compliance of the Conventions. How can we be sure that all of the nations actually enforce them? [The Geneva Conventions are always internal affairs in their own nations, I.E. crimes are tried in the nation of the criminal, by judges of that nation.]” This was the final horrifying note we left our interview on besides our goodbyes. If the Conventions aren’t being enforced, who will follow them? This really taught me that war is VERY incredibly serious, and that we should always be mindful of the soldiers fighting for our lives.