Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949

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Geneva Convention humanitarian law treaty international treaty

Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 is an international treaty that sets out comprehensive legal protections for civilians during times of war and military occupation.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Fourth Geneva Convention	0	3
Geneva Convention IV	0	1
Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War	0	1
Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (1949)	0	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Geneva Convention → humanitarian law treaty → international treaty →
adoptedOn	1949-08-12 →
alsoKnownAs	Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 → surface form: Fourth Geneva Convention Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 → surface form: Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
appliesTo	international armed conflicts → military occupation →
basedOn	principle of humane treatment →
countryOfOrigin	Switzerland →
defines	occupying power obligations → protected persons →
depository	Swiss Federal Council →
enteredIntoForceOn	1950-10-21 →
hasPart	Annexes → Common Article 1 → Common Article 2 → Common Article 3 → Part I – General Provisions → Part II – General Protection of Populations Against Certain Consequences of War → Part III – Status and Treatment of Protected Persons → Part IV – Execution of the Convention →
imposesObligationOn	High Contracting Parties →
language	Arabic → Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
legalBasisFor	war crimes relating to attacks on civilians → war crimes relating to unlawful deportation or transfer of civilians →
monitoredBy	International Committee of the Red Cross →
partOf	Geneva Conventions → surface form: Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949
prohibits	collective penalties → deportation of protected persons → discrimination based on race, religion, or political opinion of protected persons → forcible transfers of protected persons → outrages upon personal dignity of civilians → reprisals against protected persons → taking of hostages → torture of civilians →
regulates	evacuation of protected persons → internment of civilians → penal procedures against protected persons → protection of civilian hospitals → treatment of civilians in time of war → treatment of civilians under military occupation → treatment of detainees who are civilians →
relatedTo	Additional Protocol I → surface form: Additional Protocol I of 1977 Additional Protocol II → surface form: Additional Protocol II of 1977
requires	facilitation of relief schemes for civilians → fair trial guarantees for protected persons → provision of food and medical supplies to civilians → registration and information on internees → respect for family rights of civilians →
signedIn	Geneva →
subject	international humanitarian law → law of armed conflict → protection of civilians in armed conflict →

Referenced by (7)

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 → Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 →

Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 → alsoKnownAs → Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 →

this entity surface form: Fourth Geneva Convention

Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 → alsoKnownAs → Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 →

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

Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions → complements → Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 →

this entity surface form: Geneva Convention IV

Third Geneva Convention → complements → Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 →

this entity surface form: Fourth Geneva Convention

Second Geneva Convention → relatedTo → Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 →

this entity surface form: Fourth Geneva Convention

Stockholm International Red Cross Conference of 1948 → relatedTo → Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 →

this entity surface form: Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (1949)