Category
page 1Geneva Conventions
Geneva Conventions
the standards of international law for humanitarian treatment in war
Fourth Geneva Convention
1949 treaty
Geneva Convention of 1864
First Geneva Convention governing the sick and wounded members of armed forces, adopted in 1864
Second Geneva Convention
1949 treaty
Third Geneva Convention
1949 treaty
Protocol I
1977 treaty
Protocol II
1977 amendment protocol to the Geneva Conventions
Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War
1929 treaty covering the treatment of prisoners of war during World War II
Jean Pictet
Red Cross international lawyer (1914-2002)
Protocol III
2005 treaty
International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission
international body that is available to perform investigations of possible breaches of international humanitarian law
Geneva Convention on the Wounded and Sick
1929 treaty
Human shields
Designation in humanitarian law