This is how the Common Article 3 was carefully designed to be “vague” enough to guarantee no “real protection to the victims of a civil war.” – Preparing for War, The Making of the Geneva Conventions, p.143.

The French confusion on the applicability of GCs in internal wars. Tried to protect their “white non-combatant populations” in the occupied territories (ex. Algeria), while excluding the indigenous people (Algerians)! – Preparing for War, The Making of the Geneva Conventions, p.113.