Geneva Convention I of 12 August 1949

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Geneva Convention international humanitarian law treaty multilateral treaty

Geneva Convention I of 12 August 1949 is an international treaty that sets out comprehensive rules for the protection and treatment of wounded and sick members of armed forces in the field during armed conflicts.

Aliases (5)

Geneva Convention I ×2
First Geneva Convention of 1949 ×1
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field ×1
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (1949) ×1
revision of the 1929 Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Geneva Convention → international humanitarian law treaty → multilateral treaty →
adoptedOn	1949-08-12 →
alsoKnownAs	First Geneva Convention of 1949 → Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field →
appliesTo	international armed conflicts → partial or total occupation of the territory of a High Contracting Party →
basedOn	Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field of 1864 →
contains	provisions on grave breaches and penal sanctions → provisions on protection of medical units and transports → provisions on respect and protection of medical personnel → provisions on the role of the International Committee of the Red Cross → rules on the collection and care of the wounded and sick → rules on the distinctive emblems of the red cross and red crescent → rules on the use and protection of the red cross emblem →
defines	grave breaches such as torture or inhuman treatment of protected persons → grave breaches such as wilful killing of protected persons → grave breaches such as wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health →
depositedWith	Swiss Federal Council →
governs	medical personnel attached to armed forces in the field → medical transports of armed forces in the field → medical units and establishments of armed forces in the field → sick members of armed forces in the field → wounded members of armed forces in the field →
inForce	true →
language	Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
obliges	High Contracting Parties to enact penal sanctions for grave breaches → High Contracting Parties to respect and ensure respect for the Convention in all circumstances → High Contracting Parties to search for persons alleged to have committed grave breaches →
partOf	Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 →
prohibits	biological experiments on protected persons → murder of all kinds of protected persons → mutilation of protected persons → outrages upon personal dignity of protected persons → taking of hostages from among protected persons → violence to life and person of protected wounded and sick →
protects	sick members of armed forces regardless of nationality → wounded members of armed forces regardless of nationality →
relatedTo	Additional Protocol I of 1977 → Additional Protocol II of 1977 →
revises	Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field of 1906 → Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick of Armies in the Field of 1929 →
signedIn	Geneva →
subject	international armed conflicts → protection of wounded and sick members of armed forces in the field → treatment of wounded and sick members of armed forces in the field →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Geneva Convention I of 12 August 1949 ("First Geneva Convention of 1949") → Geneva Convention I of 12 August 1949 ("Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field") →	alsoKnownAs
Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War →	adopted
Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions ("Geneva Convention I") →	complements
Red Crescent ("Geneva Convention I") →	governedBy
Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949 ("revision of the 1929 Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field") →	hasEffect
Stockholm International Red Cross Conference of 1948 ("Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (1949)") →	relatedTo