Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War

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The Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War was the international diplomatic gathering that drafted and adopted the modern Geneva Conventions governing humanitarian protections during armed conflict.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Diplomatic Conference of the States Parties to the Geneva Conventions	0	1
Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts	0	1
High Contracting Parties to search for persons alleged to have committed grave breaches	0	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diplomatic conference → international conference →
adopted	Geneva Convention I of 12 August 1949 → Second Geneva Convention → surface form: Geneva Convention II of 12 August 1949 Third Geneva Convention → surface form: Geneva Convention III of 12 August 1949 Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 →
alsoKnownAs	Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949 → surface form: 1949 Geneva Diplomatic Conference Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949 →
convenedBy	Swiss Federal Council →
country	Switzerland →
dateOfAdoptionOfConventions	1949-08-12 →
drafted	Second Geneva Convention → surface form: Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea Second Geneva Convention → surface form: Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field Geneva Conventions → surface form: Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War Third Geneva Convention → surface form: Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
endDate	1949-08-12 →
field	humanitarian law → public international law →
followedBy	subsequent protocols to the Geneva Conventions →
historicalContext	post–World War II reconstruction of international humanitarian law →
hostCity	Geneva →
hostCountry	Switzerland →
language	Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
legalDomain	International humanitarian law → surface form: international humanitarian law
location	Geneva →
notableOutcome	modern codification of protections for civilians in armed conflict → modern codification of protections for prisoners of war → modern codification of protections for wounded and sick combatants →
organizedBy	Swiss Federal Council →
participation	representatives of many United Nations member states →
precededBy	Stockholm International Red Cross Conference of 1948 → revision work on Geneva Conventions after World War II →
purpose	to establish international conventions for the protection of victims of war → to revise and expand earlier Geneva Conventions →
relatedTo	International Committee of the Red Cross → United Nations →
result	adoption of the four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 →
significance	cornerstone event in the development of contemporary Geneva law →
startDate	1949-04-21 →
subjectMatter	laws and customs of war → protection of victims of armed conflict →
supportedBy	International Committee of the Red Cross →
timePeriod	20th century →

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Additional Protocol III → adoptedBy → Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War →

this entity surface form: Diplomatic Conference of the States Parties to the Geneva Conventions

Geneva Conventions → adoptedBy → Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War →

Additional Protocol I → developedBy → Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War →

this entity surface form: Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts

Geneva Convention I of 12 August 1949 → obliges → Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War →

this entity surface form: High Contracting Parties to search for persons alleged to have committed grave breaches