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  2. Geneva Conventions - Wikipedia

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    A facsimile of the signature-and-seals page of The 1864 Geneva Convention, which established humane rules of war. The original document in single pages, 1864 [1]. The Geneva Conventions are international humanitarian laws consisting of four treaties and three additional protocols that establish international legal standards for humanitarian treatment in war.

  3. First Geneva Convention - Wikipedia

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    The First Geneva Convention, officially the Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field (French: Convention pour l'amélioration du sort des blessés et des malades dans les forces armées en campagne), held on 22 August 1864, is the first of four treaties of the Geneva Conventions.

  4. List of parties to the Geneva Conventions - Wikipedia

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    The Geneva Conventions, which were most recently revised in 1949, consist of seven individual treaties which are open to ratification or accession by any sovereign state. They are: The Geneva Conventions. First Geneva Convention; Second Geneva Convention; Third Geneva Convention; Fourth Geneva Convention; Additional Protocols Protocol I ...

  5. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the 1951 convention, the League of Nations' Convention relating to the International Status of Refugees, of 28 October 1933, dealt with administrative measures such as the issuance of Nansen certificates, refoulement, legal questions, labour conditions, industrial accidents, welfare and relief, education, fiscal regime and exemption from reciprocity, and provided for the creation of ...

  6. International Committee of the Red Cross - Wikipedia

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    The 2023 budget of the ICRC amounts to 2.5 billion Swiss francs. Most of that money comes from states, including Switzerland in its capacity as the depositary state of the Geneva Conventions, from national Red Cross societies, the signatory states of the Geneva Conventions, and from international organizations like the European Union.

  7. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement - Wikipedia

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    The 2023 budget of the ICRC amounts to 2.5 billion Swiss francs. Most of that money comes from states, including Switzerland in its capacity as the depositary state of the Geneva Conventions, from national Red Cross societies, the signatory states of the Geneva Conventions, and from international organizations like the European Union.

  8. Protected persons - Wikipedia

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    It increased the desire to improve the conditions of the wounded in armies in the field. Following the diplomatic conference inspired by his ideas and attended by the governments of Europe and several American states, the 1st Geneva Convention was held in 1864 by twelve European countries.

  9. Geneva Conference - Wikipedia

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    Geneva Accord (2003), on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; Gen Con, originally the Lake Geneva Wargames Convention; Geneva Conventions, for the humanitarian treatment of war (1864, 1906, 1929, 1949) Geneva Declaration (1918), an abandoned agreement on creation of Yugoslavia; Geneva interim agreement on the Iranian nuclear program (2013)