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  2. Protecting power - Wikipedia

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    The protecting power is appointed by the protected power and must also be acceptable to the host state. It must therefore maintain diplomatic relations with both states. In time of war, the Geneva Conventions also require the protecting power to be a neutral country. The specific responsibilities and arrangements are agreed between the ...

  3. Geneva Conventions - Wikipedia

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    The term protecting power has a specific meaning under these Conventions. A protecting power is a state that is not taking part in the armed conflict, but that has agreed to look after the interests of a state that is a party to the conflict. The protecting power is a mediator enabling the flow of communication between the parties to the conflict.

  4. List of parties to the Geneva Conventions - Wikipedia

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    Conventions I–IV ratified as the North Vietnam. [4] Also ratified by the State of Vietnam in 1953 and the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam in 1973 prior to Vietnamese reunification. [4] Yemen: 1970 1990 1990 — — Conventions I–IV and Protocols I–II ratified as North Yemen. [4] [41]

  5. Fourth Geneva Convention - Wikipedia

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    The Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (French: Convention relative à la protection des personnes civiles en temps de guerre), more commonly referred to as the Fourth Geneva Convention and abbreviated as GCIV, is one of the four treaties of the Geneva Conventions.

  6. Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War - Wikipedia

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    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. It entered into force 19 June 1931. [3] It is this version of the Geneva Conventions which covered the treatment of prisoners of war during World War II.

  7. Opinion: War didn’t look like this when the Geneva ... - AOL

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    War has changed since the Geneva Conventions . These new-style warriors were unknown when the Geneva Conventions emerged over a century ago. In today’s whole-of-society conflicts, unarmed, non ...

  8. 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.

  9. Protected persons - Wikipedia

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    Legal definition of prisoners of war is given in the Article 4 of the 3rd Geneva Convention and apply to the following persons, who "have fallen into the power of the enemy": the regular combatants of the adversary (members of the armed forces, levée en masse, militias, members of volunteer corps, resistance movements);