GCII

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GCII is the commonly used abbreviation for the Second Geneva Convention, an international treaty that sets humanitarian protections for wounded, sick, and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea during armed conflict.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
GC II 1
GCII canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Geneva Convention ⓘ
international humanitarian law treaty ⓘ
multilateral treaty ⓘ
abbreviationOf Second Geneva Convention ⓘ
adoptedOn 1949-08-12 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs GC II ⓘ
linked to: GCII

Geneva Convention II ⓘ
appliesDuring international armed conflict ⓘ
appliesTo hospital ships ⓘ
medical personnel at sea ⓘ
medical transports at sea ⓘ
religious personnel at sea ⓘ
shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea ⓘ
sick members of armed forces at sea ⓘ
wounded members of armed forces at sea ⓘ
basedOn Hague Convention X of 1907 ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn 1950-10-21 ⓘ
fullName Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea ⓘ
hasDepositary Swiss Federal Council ⓘ
hasNumberOfArticles 63 ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalField law of armed conflict ⓘ
maritime warfare law ⓘ
monitoredBy International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ
obligesStatesTo enact implementing legislation ⓘ
respect and protect medical personnel at sea ⓘ
respect and protect medical transports at sea ⓘ
search for and collect shipwrecked, wounded and sick at sea ⓘ
treat wounded, sick and shipwrecked humanely ⓘ
partOf Geneva Conventions of 1949 ⓘ
linked to: Geneva Conventions
prohibits attacks on hospital ships ⓘ
denial of medical care to wounded and sick at sea ⓘ
maltreatment of shipwrecked military personnel ⓘ
relatedTo First Geneva Convention ⓘ
Fourth Geneva Convention ⓘ
Third Geneva Convention ⓘ
requiresRespectFor Red Crescent emblem ⓘ
linked to: red crescent

Red Cross emblem ⓘ
linked to: red cross

Red Lion and Sun emblem ⓘ
linked to: Red Lion and Sun
shortName Second Geneva Convention ⓘ
signedAt Geneva, Switzerland ⓘ
linked to: Geneva
subjectMatter international humanitarian law ⓘ
protection of wounded, sick and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

GCII → alsoKnownAs → GC II ⓘ
linked to: GCII