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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.
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.
Parties to GC I–IV and P I–III. Parties to GC I–IV and P I–II. Parties to GC I–IV and P I and III. Parties to GC I–IV and P I. Parties to GC I–IV and P III. Parties to GC I–IV and no P. The Geneva Conventions, which were most recently revised in 1949, consist of seven individual treaties which are open to ratification or ...
1864 Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. [ 31 ] 1868 St. Petersburg Declaration , officially the Declaration Renouncing the Use, in Time of War, of Explosive Projectiles Under 400 Grammes Weight, renounced the usage of explosive projectiles with a mass of less than 400 grams.
In October 1863, 14 states took part in a meeting in Geneva organized by the committee to discuss the improvement of care for wounded soldiers. Dunant was a protocol leader during the meeting. A year later on 22 August 1864, a diplomatic conference organized by the Swiss government led to the signing of the First Geneva Convention by 12 states ...
Original document of the First Geneva Convention, 1864. Back at his home in Geneva, he decided to write a book entitled A Memory of Solferino, which he published using his own money in 1862. He sent copies of the book to leading political and military figures throughout Europe, and people he thought could help him make a change.
G. Geneva Convention (1864) Geneva Convention (1906) Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War. Geneva Convention on the Wounded and Sick (1929)
The Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field was adopted in 1864. It was significantly revised and replaced by the 1906 version, [1] the 1929 version , and later the First Geneva Convention of 1949.