Geneva Convention of 1929

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humanitarian law treaty international treaty law of war treaty

The Geneva Convention of 1929 was an international treaty that codified rules for the humane treatment of prisoners of war, laying key groundwork for the later, broader Geneva Conventions.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
1929 Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War	1
1929 Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War	1
First Geneva Convention	1
Geneva Convention II	1
Geneva Convention III	1
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick of Armies in the Field of 1929	1
Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War (in principle)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	humanitarian law treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ law of war treaty ⓘ
appliesDuring	international armed conflicts ⓘ
appliesTo	prisoners of war ⓘ
cameIntoForce	1931-06-19 ⓘ
containsProvisionOn	disciplinary sanctions for prisoners of war ⓘ food and clothing of prisoners of war ⓘ humane treatment of prisoners of war ⓘ inspection of prisoner-of-war camps ⓘ judicial proceedings against prisoners of war ⓘ labor by prisoners of war ⓘ maintenance and housing of prisoners of war ⓘ medical attention for prisoners of war ⓘ religious practice of prisoners of war ⓘ repatriation of prisoners of war ⓘ role of protecting powers ⓘ
countrySigned	Switzerland ⓘ
dateSigned	1929-07-27 ⓘ
draftedBy	Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949 ⓘ surface form: Diplomatic Conference at Geneva
facilitatedBy	International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ
field	international humanitarian law ⓘ law of armed conflict ⓘ
historicalContext	interwar period between World War I and World War II ⓘ
influenced	Geneva Conventions ⓘ surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1949
inForceStatus	largely superseded by 1949 Geneva Conventions ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ other official languages of signatory states ⓘ
locationSigned	Geneva ⓘ
officialName	Third Geneva Convention ⓘ surface form: Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
prohibits	acts of violence against prisoners of war ⓘ insults and public curiosity toward prisoners of war ⓘ intimidation of prisoners of war ⓘ mutilation of prisoners of war ⓘ
purpose	to codify rules for the humane treatment of prisoners of war ⓘ to establish obligations of detaining powers regarding prisoners of war ⓘ to protect prisoners of war from violence, intimidation, insults and public curiosity ⓘ to regulate conditions of captivity for prisoners of war ⓘ
relatedTo	First Geneva Convention of 1864 ⓘ Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 ⓘ Second Geneva Convention of 1906 ⓘ
replacedBy	Third Geneva Convention ⓘ surface form: Third Geneva Convention of 1949
requires	exchange of information on prisoners of war ⓘ humane treatment without discrimination based on race, nationality, religious belief or political opinion ⓘ notification of capture of prisoners of war ⓘ respect for the person and honor of prisoners of war ⓘ
shortName	Geneva Convention of 1929 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1929 Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War
subject	treatment of prisoners of war ⓘ
usedDuring	World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Geneva Conventions → basedOn → Geneva Convention of 1929 ⓘ

Third Geneva Convention → basedOn → Geneva Convention of 1929 ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1929 Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War

Additional Protocol III → relatedTo → Geneva Convention of 1929 ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Geneva Convention

Geneva Convention I of 12 August 1949 → revises → Geneva Convention of 1929 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick of Armies in the Field of 1929

Geneva Convention of 1929 → shortName → Geneva Convention of 1929 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1929 Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War

Stalags → subjectTo → Geneva Convention of 1929 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War (in principle)

Additional Protocol I → supplements → Geneva Convention of 1929 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Convention II

Additional Protocol I → supplements → Geneva Convention of 1929 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Convention III