The Geneva Conventions comprise four treaties, and three additional protocols, that establish the standards of international law for the humanitarian treatment of war. The singular term Geneva Convention usually denotes the agreements of 1949, negotiated in the aftermath of the Second World War (1939–45), which updated the terms of the first thr...
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[Amendment] Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 1995 (c27) made provision for the amendment of the United Kingdom`s Geneva Conventions Act 1957 to enable the addition of Protocol I and Protocol II to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, to be incorporated into the law of England (and Wales), Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, the Is...
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a series of international treaties concluded in Geneva between 1864 and 1949 for the purpose of ameliorating the effects of war on soldiers and ... [15 related articles]
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The four international treaties signed at Geneva on August 12, 1949. These conventions limit the military tactics that a country can use, and they set standards designed to protect people who fall under enemy control -- either as wounded soldiers, prisoners of war, or civilians living under an occupying force.
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