Second Geneva Convention

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Geneva Convention humanitarian law treaty international treaty

The Second Geneva Convention is an international treaty adopted in 1949 that establishes humanitarian protections for wounded, sick, and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea during armed conflicts.

Aliases (5)

Geneva Convention II ×2
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea ×2
Geneva Convention II of 12 August 1949 ×1
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (1949) ×1
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Geneva Convention → humanitarian law treaty → international treaty →
adoptedAt	Geneva Diplomatic Conference of 1949 →
adoptedIn	1949 →
adoptedInCity	Geneva →
aimsTo	limit suffering in naval warfare →
alsoKnownAs	GCII → Geneva Convention II →
appliesIn	international armed conflicts →
appliesTo	armed forces at sea → naval warfare →
articleCount	63 →
basedOn	Hague Convention X of 1907 →
category	1949 in international relations → Treaties concluded in 1949 → Treaties entered into force in 1950 →
enteredIntoForceOn	1950-10-21 →
formsPartOf	customary international humanitarian law (in many of its provisions) →
hasDepositary	Swiss Federal Council →
hasShortTitle	Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea →
language	Arabic → Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
legalStatus	binding on its States Parties →
monitoredBy	International Committee of the Red Cross →
obliges	humane treatment of wounded, sick and shipwrecked → respect for medical transports at sea → search for and collect shipwrecked and wounded after engagements at sea →
partOf	Geneva Conventions of 1949 →
prohibits	attacks on hospital ships → maltreatment of shipwrecked military personnel → reprisals against protected persons at sea →
protects	hospital ships → medical personnel 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 →
relatedTo	First Geneva Convention → Fourth Geneva Convention → Third Geneva Convention →
replaces	Hague Convention X of 1907 →
requires	respect and protection for wounded, sick and shipwrecked at sea →
subjectMatter	international humanitarian law → law of armed conflict at sea →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions ("Geneva Convention II") → Third Geneva Convention →	complements
Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War ("Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field") → Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War ("Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea") →	drafted
Additional Protocol III → Stockholm International Red Cross Conference of 1948 ("Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (1949)") →	relatedTo
Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War ("Geneva Convention II of 12 August 1949") →	adopted
Second Geneva Convention ("Geneva Convention II") →	alsoKnownAs
Second Geneva Convention ("Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea") →	hasShortTitle