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geneva convention for the amelioration of the condition of wounded, sick and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea of 12 august 1949 chapter i general provisions..... 61
GENEVA CONVENTION RELATIVE TO THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIAN PERSONS IN TIME OF WAR OF 12 AUGUST 1949 PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1. — The High Contracting Parties undertake...
geneva convention for the amelioration of the condition of wounded, sick and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea of 12 august 1949 chapter i general provisions..... 61
08.2015. BASIC RULES OF THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS AND THEIR ADDITIONAL PROTOCOLS. In a constant state of development, international humanitarian law, which protects the victims of armed conflicts, currently consists of some 600 provisions in the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols.
The Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field of August 12, 1949. Convention protects soldiers who are hors de combat (out of the battle). The 10 articles of the original 1864 version of the Convention have been expanded in the F. Wounded and sick soldiers.
The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are international treaties that contain the most important rules limiting the barbarity of war. They protect people who do not take part in the fighting (civilians, medics, aid workers) and those who can no longer fight (wounded, sick and shipwrecked troops, prisoners of war).
The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Their Additional Protocols of 1977. In 1949, an international conference of diplomats built on the earlier treaties for the protection of war victims, revising and updating them into four new conventions comprising 429 articles of law.
The four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 are international treaties, ratified or acceded to by virtually all States. They protect the wounded and sick in armed forces in the field; wounded, sick and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea; prisoners of war; and civilians who find themselves under the rule of a foreign power in the event of international conflict.
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GENEVA CONVENTION RELATIVE TO THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR OF 12 AUGUST 1949 PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE 1. — The High Contracting Parties undertake to respect