Geneva Conventions

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international humanitarian law instrument series of international treaties

The Geneva Conventions are a series of international treaties that set the standards of humanitarian treatment in war, protecting wounded soldiers, prisoners of war, and civilians.

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All labels observed (23)

Label	Occurrences
Geneva Conventions canonical	25
Geneva Conventions of 1949	23
Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949	4
Fourth Geneva Convention	2
1949 Geneva Conventions	1
Article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions	1
Article 2 common to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949	1
Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions	1
First Geneva Convention	1
Geneva Convention I	1
Geneva Convention IV	1
Geneva Convention of 1906	1
Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War	1
Geneva Conventions 1949	1
Geneva Conventions and their customary rules	1
Geneva Conventions framework	1
Geneva Conventions movement	1
Geneva Conventions of 1864	1
Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols	1
Geneva Conventions on prisoners of war	1
Second Geneva Convention	1
Third Geneva Convention	1
all four 1949 Geneva Conventions	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international humanitarian law instrument ⓘ series of international treaties ⓘ
adopted	1949 ⓘ
adoptedAt	Geneva ⓘ
adoptedBy	Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Geneva Conventions ⓘ surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1949
appliesTo	international armed conflicts ⓘ
basedOn	Geneva Conventions self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Geneva Convention of 1906 Geneva Convention of 1929 ⓘ earlier Geneva Conventions of 1864 ⓘ
composedOf	Geneva Conventions self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Geneva Convention Geneva Conventions self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fourth Geneva Convention Geneva Conventions self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Second Geneva Convention Geneva Conventions self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Third Geneva Convention
containsPrinciple	humane treatment of persons not taking active part in hostilities ⓘ non-discrimination in protection ⓘ prohibition of cruel or degrading treatment ⓘ prohibition of torture ⓘ respect for the Red Cross and Red Crescent emblems ⓘ
defines	grave breaches of international humanitarian law ⓘ
depositary	Swiss federal government ⓘ surface form: Swiss Federal Council
establishes	obligations to search for and care for the wounded and sick ⓘ rules on collection and exchange of information on prisoners of war ⓘ rules on judicial guarantees for protected persons ⓘ
field	international humanitarian law ⓘ
hasAdditionalProtocol	Additional Protocol I ⓘ Additional Protocol II ⓘ Additional Protocol III ⓘ
influencedBy	International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ
inspired	development of Additional Protocols of 1977 ⓘ development of customary international humanitarian law ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ official UN languages through later authentic texts ⓘ
legalStatus	legally binding on state parties ⓘ
nearUniversalRatification	true ⓘ
numberOfStatesParties	almost all states ⓘ
purpose	to protect civilians in time of war ⓘ to protect prisoners of war ⓘ to protect wounded and sick members of armed forces in the field ⓘ to protect wounded, sick and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea ⓘ
regulates	protection of civilian persons in time of war ⓘ treatment of prisoners of war ⓘ treatment of wounded and sick soldiers on land ⓘ treatment of wounded, sick and shipwrecked military personnel at sea ⓘ
requires	enactment of national legislation to punish grave breaches ⓘ training of armed forces in humanitarian law ⓘ
subject	laws of war ⓘ protection of war victims ⓘ

Referenced by (73)

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Geneva → knownFor → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

Nuremberg trials → influenced → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1949

International Committee of the Red Cross → recognizedBy → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

Geneva Conventions → alsoKnownAs → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1949

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this entity surface form: Second Geneva Convention

Geneva Conventions → composedOf → Geneva Conventions self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Geneva Convention

Geneva Conventions → composedOf → Geneva Conventions self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fourth Geneva Convention

Geneva Conventions → basedOn → Geneva Conventions self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Convention of 1906

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement → hasLegalBasisIn → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

United Nations system of international law → includesInstrument → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols

Additional Protocol I → partOf → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions framework

Additional Protocol I → supplements → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Convention I

Additional Protocol I → supplements → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Convention IV

Henry Dunant → influenced → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1864

Additional Protocol II → supplements → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949

FrontlineMakeshiftCamps → governedBy → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions on prisoners of war

Additional Protocol III → legalBasis → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949

Additional Protocol III → relatedTo → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fourth Geneva Convention

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

this entity surface form: Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War

Geneva Convention of 1929 → influenced → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1949

RCRC Movement → guidingFramework → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

red cross → governedBy → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

subject surface form: Red Cross emblem

Nazi war crimes → ledTo → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1949

red crescent → recognizedBy → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

subject surface form: Red Crescent

Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions → follows → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1949

Nuremberg Principles → relatedTo → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

Article 8 of the Rome Statute → influencedBy → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1949

International humanitarian law → includes → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1949

International humanitarian law → hasKeyInstrument → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions

Treaties of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions 1949

Polish POWs → protectedBy → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

Second Geneva Convention → partOf → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1949

Red Crystal emblem → legalBasis → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

Red Lion and Sun → recognizedBy → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

Third Geneva Convention → partOf → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1949

Stockholm International Red Cross Conference of 1948 → influenced → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1949

Geneva Convention I of 12 August 1949 → partOf → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949

Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 → partOf → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949

Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949 → hasMainSubject → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

Prosecutor v. Krstić (ICTY) → applicableLaw → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions and their customary rules

Treaties of Mexico → hasPart → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 → influenced → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

First Geneva Convention of 1864 → supersededBy → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1949

Statutes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement → basedOn → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

Second Geneva Convention of 1906 → precedes → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1949

National Red Cross Societies → subjectTo → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

National Red Crescent Societies → subjectTo → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

opinion in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld → interpretedTreaty → Geneva Conventions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1949

Prisoner of War Medal → relatedTo → Geneva Conventions ⓘ