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.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Geneva Convention II	0	2
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea	0	2
Geneva Convention II of 12 August 1949	0	1
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (1949)	0	1
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field	0	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Geneva Convention → humanitarian law treaty → international treaty →
adoptedAt	Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949 → surface form: "Geneva Diplomatic Conference of 1949"
adoptedIn	1949 →
adoptedInCity	Geneva →
aimsTo	limit suffering in naval warfare →
alsoKnownAs	GCII → Second Geneva Convention → surface form: "Geneva Convention II"
appliesIn	international armed conflicts →
appliesTo	armed forces at sea → naval warfare →
articleCount	63 →
basedOn	Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 → surface form: "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	Second Geneva Convention self-linksurface differs → surface form: "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 → surface form: "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 of 1864 → surface form: "First Geneva Convention" Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 → surface form: "Fourth Geneva Convention" Third Geneva Convention →
replaces	Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 → surface form: "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)

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

Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War → adopted → Second Geneva Convention →

this entity surface form: "Geneva Convention II of 12 August 1949"

Second Geneva Convention → alsoKnownAs → Second Geneva Convention →

this entity surface form: "Geneva Convention II"

Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions → complements → Second Geneva Convention →

this entity surface form: "Geneva Convention II"

Third Geneva Convention → complements → Second Geneva Convention →

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

this entity surface form: "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 → drafted → Second Geneva Convention →

this entity surface form: "Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea"

Second Geneva Convention → hasShortTitle → Second Geneva Convention self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: "Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea"

Additional Protocol III → relatedTo → Second Geneva Convention →

Stockholm International Red Cross Conference of 1948 → relatedTo → Second Geneva Convention →

this entity surface form: "Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (1949)"