GCII

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Geneva Convention international humanitarian law treaty multilateral treaty

GCII is the commonly used abbreviation for the Second Geneva Convention, an international treaty that sets humanitarian protections for wounded, sick, and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea during armed conflict.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
GC II	1
GCII canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Geneva Convention ⓘ international humanitarian law treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ
abbreviationOf	Second Geneva Convention ⓘ
adoptedOn	1949-08-12 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	GCII ⓘ surface form: GC II Second Geneva Convention ⓘ surface form: Geneva Convention II
appliesDuring	international armed conflict ⓘ
appliesTo	hospital ships ⓘ medical personnel at sea ⓘ medical transports at sea ⓘ religious personnel at sea ⓘ shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea ⓘ sick members of armed forces at sea ⓘ wounded members of armed forces at sea ⓘ
basedOn	Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes (Hague Convention) ⓘ surface form: Hague Convention X of 1907
enteredIntoForceOn	1950-10-21 ⓘ
fullName	Second Geneva Convention ⓘ surface form: Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea
hasDepositary	Swiss Federal Council ⓘ
hasNumberOfArticles	63 ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalField	law of armed conflict ⓘ maritime warfare law ⓘ
monitoredBy	International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ
obligesStatesTo	enact implementing legislation ⓘ respect and protect medical personnel at sea ⓘ respect and protect medical transports at sea ⓘ search for and collect shipwrecked, wounded and sick at sea ⓘ treat wounded, sick and shipwrecked humanely ⓘ
partOf	Geneva Conventions ⓘ surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1949
prohibits	attacks on hospital ships ⓘ denial of medical care to wounded and sick at sea ⓘ maltreatment of shipwrecked military personnel ⓘ
relatedTo	First Geneva Convention of 1864 ⓘ surface form: First Geneva Convention Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 ⓘ surface form: Fourth Geneva Convention Third Geneva Convention ⓘ
requiresRespectFor	red crescent ⓘ surface form: Red Crescent emblem red cross ⓘ surface form: Red Cross emblem Red Lion and Sun ⓘ surface form: Red Lion and Sun emblem
shortName	Second Geneva Convention ⓘ
signedAt	Geneva ⓘ surface form: Geneva, Switzerland
subjectMatter	international humanitarian law ⓘ protection of wounded, sick and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Second Geneva Convention → alsoKnownAs → GCII ⓘ

GCII → alsoKnownAs → GCII ⓘ

this entity surface form: GC II