Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War

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The Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War was the international diplomatic gathering that drafted and adopted the modern Geneva Conventions governing humanitarian protections during armed conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic conference ⓘ
international conference ⓘ
adopted Geneva Convention I of 12 August 1949 ⓘ
Geneva Convention II of 12 August 1949 ⓘ
Geneva Convention III of 12 August 1949 ⓘ
Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1949 Geneva Diplomatic Conference ⓘ
Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949 ⓘ
convenedBy Swiss Federal Council ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
dateOfAdoptionOfConventions 1949-08-12 ⓘ
drafted Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea ⓘ
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field ⓘ
Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War ⓘ
linked to: Geneva Conventions

Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War ⓘ
endDate 1949-08-12 ⓘ
field humanitarian law ⓘ
public international law ⓘ
followedBy subsequent protocols to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ
historicalContext post–World War II reconstruction of international humanitarian law ⓘ
hostCity Geneva ⓘ
hostCountry Switzerland ⓘ
language Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalDomain international humanitarian law ⓘ
location Geneva ⓘ
notableOutcome modern codification of protections for civilians in armed conflict ⓘ
modern codification of protections for prisoners of war ⓘ
modern codification of protections for wounded and sick combatants ⓘ
organizedBy Swiss Federal Council ⓘ
participation representatives of many United Nations member states ⓘ
precededBy Stockholm International Red Cross Conference of 1948 ⓘ
revision work on Geneva Conventions after World War II ⓘ
purpose to establish international conventions for the protection of victims of war ⓘ
to revise and expand earlier Geneva Conventions ⓘ
relatedTo International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
result adoption of the four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 ⓘ
significance cornerstone event in the development of contemporary Geneva law ⓘ
startDate 1949-04-21 ⓘ
subjectMatter laws and customs of war ⓘ
protection of victims of armed conflict ⓘ
supportedBy International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ

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Geneva Conventions → adoptedBy → Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War ⓘ
Additional Protocol I → developedBy → Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War
Additional Protocol III → adoptedBy → Diplomatic Conference of the States Parties to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ
linked to: Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War
Geneva Convention I of 12 August 1949 → obliges → High Contracting Parties to search for persons alleged to have committed grave breaches ⓘ
linked to: Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War