Second Geneva Convention of 1906

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The Second Geneva Convention of 1906 was an international treaty that updated and expanded earlier humanitarian laws to improve the protection and treatment of wounded and shipwrecked military personnel at sea during armed conflicts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Geneva Convention
humanitarian law treaty
international treaty
law of armed conflict instrument
aimsTo improve protection of wounded and sick in war
standardize humanitarian treatment in armed conflict
alsoKnownAs 1906 Geneva Convention
Second Geneva Convention
appliesTo armed conflicts on land
medical personnel
medical transports
medical units
sick military personnel
wounded military personnel
bindingOn High Contracting Parties
category treaty concluded in 1906
treaty entered into force in 1907
countryOfConclusion Switzerland
dateSigned 1906-07-06
enteredIntoForce 1907-08-09
establishes rules for collection and care of wounded
rules for neutrality of medical personnel
rules for protection of medical facilities
rules for use of the Red Cross emblem
governs obligations of belligerents toward wounded
treatment of captured wounded and sick
hasNumberOfArticles 33
hasTitle Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field (1906)
influenced subsequent Geneva humanitarian treaties
language French
legalStatus multilateral treaty
negotiatedAt Diplomatic Conference of Geneva 1906
partOf development of the Geneva law
placeSigned Geneva, Switzerland
linked to: Geneva
precedes Geneva Conventions of 1929
Geneva Conventions of 1949
linked to: Geneva Conventions
promotedBy International Committee of the Red Cross
protects medical equipment
medical establishments
medical staff
sick soldiers
wounded soldiers
replacedBy First Geneva Convention of 1949
revised First Geneva Convention of 1864
subject international humanitarian law
protection of wounded and sick soldiers
treatment of wounded and sick in armed conflict

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Geneva Convention of 1929 relatedTo Second Geneva Convention of 1906
Geneva Convention I of 12 August 1949 revises Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field of 1906
linked to: Second Geneva Convention of 1906
First Geneva Convention of 1864 revisedBy Geneva Convention of 1906
linked to: Second Geneva Convention of 1906
Second Geneva Convention of 1906 hasTitle Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field (1906)
linked to: Second Geneva Convention of 1906
Second Geneva Convention of 1906 alsoKnownAs 1906 Geneva Convention
linked to: Second Geneva Convention of 1906