Geneva Conventions

zh-cn:日内瓦公约 The Geneva Conventions consisttreaties formulatedGeneva, Switzerland that setstandardsinternational lawhumanitarian concerns. The conventions wereresultsefforts by Henri Dunant, who was motivated byhorrorswar he witnessed atBattleSolferino.

Accusationsviolation ofGeneva Conventions onpartsignatory nationsbrought beforeInternational CourtJustice at the Hague.

The conventionstheir agreementsas follows:

• First Geneva Convention (1864): Treatmentbattlefield casualties.
• Second Geneva Convention (1906): Extendedprinciples fromfirst conventionapply alsowar at sea.
• Third Geneva Convention (1929): Treatmentprisonerswar.
• Fourth Geneva Convention (1949): Treatmentcivilians during wartime.

This First Convention also mandatedfoundation ofInternational Committee forRed Cross. The textgiven inResolutions ofGeneva International Conference.

The first three conventions were revised,fourth was added, andentire set was ratified1949;wholereferredas"Geneva Conventions1949" or simply"Geneva Conventions". Later conferences have added provisions prohibiting certain methodswarfareaddressing issuescivil wars. Nearly 200 countries"signatory" nations,thathave ratified these conventions.

Clara Barton was instrumentalcampaigning forratification ofFirst Geneva Convention byUnited States;U.S. signed1882. ByFourth Geneva Convention some 47 nations had ratifiedagreements.

See also

• International FederationRed CrossRed Crescent Societies
• lawswar
• war crime
• collateral damage
• atrocity
• human rights

Referencesexternal links

• Geneva Conventionsfull.
• RedCrossGeneva Conventions