Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949

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The Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949 was the international meeting at which states adopted the four Geneva Conventions that form the core of modern international humanitarian law protecting victims of armed conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic conference ⓘ
international conference ⓘ
treaty-making conference ⓘ
aimedTo strengthen protection of civilians in time of war ⓘ
strengthen protection of prisoners of war ⓘ
strengthen protection of wounded and sick members of armed forces in the field ⓘ
strengthen protection of wounded, sick and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea ⓘ
appliesTo international humanitarian law ⓘ
protection of victims of armed conflict ⓘ
convenedBy Swiss Federal Council ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
endTime 1949-08-12 ⓘ
fieldOfWork international law ⓘ
law of armed conflict ⓘ
followedBy 1968 International Conference on Human Rights (in terms of humanitarian law development context) ⓘ
1974–1977 Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts ⓘ
follows experiences of the Second World War ⓘ
preparatory work by the International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ
hasEffect codification of modern international humanitarian law ⓘ
extension of legal protection to civilians in time of war ⓘ
replacement of the 1929 Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War ⓘ
revision of the 1929 Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field ⓘ
hasMainSubject Geneva Conventions ⓘ
hasOutcome adoption of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 ⓘ
hasPart negotiation of the First Geneva Convention of 1949 ⓘ
negotiation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 ⓘ
negotiation of the Second Geneva Convention of 1949 ⓘ
negotiation of the Third Geneva Convention of 1949 ⓘ
hasParticipant High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ
International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ
United Nations member states ⓘ
national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies (observers) ⓘ
languageOfWork Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
official languages of the United Nations ⓘ
legalForm multilateral treaty conference ⓘ
location Geneva ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
organizedBy International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ
pointInTime 1949 ⓘ
significance cornerstone of modern international humanitarian law ⓘ
foundation of contemporary Geneva law ⓘ
significantEvent adoption of the First Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 ⓘ
adoption of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 ⓘ
adoption of the Second Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 ⓘ
adoption of the Third Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 ⓘ
startTime 1949-04-21 ⓘ

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Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War → alsoKnownAs → 1949 Geneva Diplomatic Conference ⓘ
linked to: Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949
Geneva Convention of 1929 → draftedBy → Diplomatic Conference at Geneva ⓘ
linked to: Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949
Second Geneva Convention → adoptedAt → Geneva Diplomatic Conference of 1949 ⓘ
linked to: Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949
Stockholm International Red Cross Conference of 1948 → preceded → Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949 ⓘ
Common Article 3 → adoptedAt → Diplomatic Conference of Geneva (1949) ⓘ
linked to: Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949