humanitarian protections

Why Were The Geneva Conventions Created?

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Why Were The Geneva Conventions Created? The Geneva Conventions are a series of treaties on the treatment of civilians, prisoners of war (POWs) and soldiers who are otherwise rendered hors de combat (French, literally “outside the fight”), or incapable of fighting. … This convention produced a treaty designed to protect wounded and sick soldiers during

What Are The 4 Geneva Conventions?

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What Are The 4 Geneva Conventions? The conference developed four conventions, which were approved in Geneva on August 12, 1949: (1) the Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, (2) the Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked