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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. Health Care In Danger - Wikipedia

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    The International Committee of the Red Cross launched the Health Care In Danger campaign in 2011 with the publication of a report detailing 655 [3] attacks on healthcare facilities in sixteen countries, noting them as breaches of the Geneva Conventions. [4] The report explained how attacks on healthcare facilities and healthcare workers in ...

  4. Camp Bucca - Wikipedia

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    A 2004 report by the International Committee of the Red Cross described Geneva Convention violations at Camp Bucca and stated that "inmates were routinely treated by their guards with general contempt, with petty violence such as having orders screamed at them and being cursed, kicked, struck with rifle butts, roughed up or pushed around. They ...

  5. International Committee of the Red Cross - Wikipedia

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    The official symbol of the ICRC is the Red Cross on white background (the inverse of the Swiss flag) with the words "COMITE INTERNATIONAL GENEVE" circling the cross. Under the Geneva Convention, the red cross, red crescent and red crystal emblems provide protection for military medical services and relief workers in armed conflicts and is to be ...

  6. Protocol I - Wikipedia

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    Article 85(3f) prohibits the perfidious use of the red cross, red crescent or red lion and sun or of other protective signs recognized by the Geneva Conventions. Article 90 describes how International Fact-Finding Commisions can be established in situations of serious violations of the Geneva Conventions.

  7. Unlawful combatant - Wikipedia

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    The judgment quoted the 1958 International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention: "Every person in enemy hands must be either a prisoner of war and, as such, be covered by the Third Convention; or a civilian covered by the Fourth Convention.

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  9. Geneva Conventions Act 1957 - Wikipedia

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    The Geneva Conventions Act 1957 (5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 52) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that incorporates the provisions of the Geneva Conventions into British law. One aspect of the Geneva Conventions Act is that it makes wearing the Red Cross symbol illegal in many circumstances, sometimes with curious consequences. In 2011, a ...