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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.
Front page of a French edition of the 1929 Geneva Convention Bilingual French/German version of the 1929 Geneva Convention, from a 1934 edition of the Reichsgesetzblatt. The Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War was signed at Geneva, July 27, 1929. [1] [2] Its official name is the Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
The conventions, with roots dating to the 19th century, aims to set rules around the conduct of war: They ban torture and sexual violence, require humane treatment of detainees and mandate searches for missing persons. The conventions “reflect a global consensus that all wars have limits,” Spoljaric told reporters at ICRC headquarters in ...
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.
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The spy who secretly and without uniform passes the military lines of a belligerent in time of war, seeking to gather military information and communicate it to the enemy, or an enemy combatant who without uniform comes secretly through the lines for the purpose of waging war by destruction of life or property, are familiar examples of ...
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The aim of the Geneva Conference was disarmament that would target land, air and naval programs. [5] After the war, the extensive death toll and the social effects of total war resulted in a general antiwar sentiment and encouraged the general sentiment of disarmament. The British Women's Society received 8 million signatures for disarmament ...