Geneva Conventions

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The Geneva Conventions are a series of international treaties that set the standards of humanitarian treatment in war, protecting wounded soldiers, prisoners of war, and civilians.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international humanitarian law instrument ⓘ
series of international treaties ⓘ
adopted 1949 ⓘ
adoptedAt Geneva ⓘ
adoptedBy Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Geneva Conventions of 1949 ⓘ
linked to: Geneva Conventions
appliesTo international armed conflicts ⓘ
basedOn Geneva Convention of 1906 ⓘ
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Geneva Convention of 1929 ⓘ
earlier Geneva Conventions of 1864 ⓘ
composedOf First Geneva Convention ⓘ
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Fourth Geneva Convention ⓘ
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Second Geneva Convention ⓘ
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Third Geneva Convention ⓘ
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containsPrinciple humane treatment of persons not taking active part in hostilities ⓘ
non-discrimination in protection ⓘ
prohibition of cruel or degrading treatment ⓘ
prohibition of torture ⓘ
respect for the Red Cross and Red Crescent emblems ⓘ
defines grave breaches of international humanitarian law ⓘ
depositary Swiss Federal Council ⓘ
establishes obligations to search for and care for the wounded and sick ⓘ
rules on collection and exchange of information on prisoners of war ⓘ
rules on judicial guarantees for protected persons ⓘ
field international humanitarian law ⓘ
hasAdditionalProtocol Additional Protocol I ⓘ
Additional Protocol II ⓘ
Additional Protocol III ⓘ
influencedBy International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ
inspired development of Additional Protocols of 1977 ⓘ
development of customary international humanitarian law ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
official UN languages through later authentic texts ⓘ
legalStatus legally binding on state parties ⓘ
nearUniversalRatification true ⓘ
numberOfStatesParties almost all states ⓘ
purpose to protect civilians in time of war ⓘ
to protect prisoners of war ⓘ
to protect wounded and sick members of armed forces in the field ⓘ
to protect wounded, sick and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea ⓘ
regulates protection of civilian persons in time of war ⓘ
treatment of prisoners of war ⓘ
treatment of wounded and sick soldiers on land ⓘ
treatment of wounded, sick and shipwrecked military personnel at sea ⓘ
requires enactment of national legislation to punish grave breaches ⓘ
training of armed forces in humanitarian law ⓘ
subject laws of war ⓘ
protection of war victims ⓘ

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Geneva → knownFor → Geneva Conventions ⓘ
Nuremberg trials → influenced → Geneva Conventions of 1949 ⓘ
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Geneva Conventions → alsoKnownAs → Geneva Conventions of 1949 ⓘ
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Geneva Conventions → composedOf → First Geneva Convention ⓘ
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Geneva Conventions → composedOf → Second Geneva Convention ⓘ
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Geneva Conventions → composedOf → Third Geneva Convention ⓘ
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Geneva Conventions → composedOf → Fourth Geneva Convention ⓘ
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Geneva Conventions → basedOn → Geneva Convention of 1906 ⓘ
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United Nations system of international law → includesInstrument → Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols ⓘ
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Additional Protocol I → partOf → Geneva Conventions framework ⓘ
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Additional Protocol I → supplements → Geneva Convention I ⓘ
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Additional Protocol I → supplements → Geneva Convention IV ⓘ
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Henry Dunant → influenced → Geneva Conventions of 1864 ⓘ
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Additional Protocol II → supplements → Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 ⓘ
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FrontlineMakeshiftCamps → governedBy → Geneva Conventions on prisoners of war ⓘ
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Additional Protocol III → legalBasis → Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 ⓘ
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Additional Protocol III → relatedTo → Fourth Geneva Convention ⓘ
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Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War → drafted → Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War ⓘ
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Geneva Convention of 1929 → influenced → Geneva Conventions of 1949 ⓘ
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RCRC Movement → guidingFramework → Geneva Conventions ⓘ
Red Cross emblem → governedBy → Geneva Conventions ⓘ
subject linked to: red cross
Nazi war crimes → ledTo → Geneva Conventions of 1949 ⓘ
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Red Crescent → recognizedBy → Geneva Conventions ⓘ
subject linked to: red crescent
Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions → follows → Geneva Conventions of 1949 ⓘ
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Nuremberg Principles → relatedTo → Geneva Conventions ⓘ
Article 8 of the Rome Statute → influencedBy → Geneva Conventions of 1949 ⓘ
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International humanitarian law → includes → Geneva Conventions of 1949 ⓘ
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International humanitarian law → hasKeyInstrument → Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions ⓘ
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Treaties of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Geneva Conventions 1949 ⓘ
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Polish POWs → protectedBy → Geneva Conventions ⓘ
Second Geneva Convention → partOf → Geneva Conventions of 1949 ⓘ
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Red Crystal emblem → legalBasis → Geneva Conventions ⓘ
Red Lion and Sun → recognizedBy → Geneva Conventions ⓘ
Third Geneva Convention → partOf → Geneva Conventions of 1949 ⓘ
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Stockholm International Red Cross Conference of 1948 → influenced → Geneva Conventions of 1949 ⓘ
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Geneva Convention I of 12 August 1949 → partOf → Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 ⓘ
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Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 → partOf → Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 ⓘ
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Prosecutor v. Krstić (ICTY) → applicableLaw → Geneva Conventions and their customary rules ⓘ
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Treaties of Mexico → hasPart → Geneva Conventions ⓘ
First Geneva Convention of 1864 → supersededBy → Geneva Conventions of 1949 ⓘ
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Second Geneva Convention of 1906 → precedes → Geneva Conventions of 1949 ⓘ
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National Red Cross Societies → subjectTo → Geneva Conventions ⓘ
National Red Crescent Societies → subjectTo → Geneva Conventions ⓘ
opinion in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld → interpretedTreaty → Geneva Conventions of 1949 ⓘ
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Prisoner of War Medal → relatedTo → Geneva Conventions ⓘ