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What was the Geneva convention

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A series of agreements concerning the treatment of prisoners of war & the sick, wounded, and dead in battle first made in 1864.

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The Geneva Conventions consist of four treaties formulated in Geneva; the treatment of non-combatants and prisoners of war.

The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are international treaties that contain the most important rules...More?

Apr 21 2009, 11:45pm

The 1864 Geneva Convention laid the foundations for the contemporary humanitarian law. ChaCha!

Jan 01 2009, 11:16pm | Source: Geneva conventions | www.redcross.lv

An agreement on the treatment of prisoners of war and of the sick, wounded, and dead in battle, from Geneva, Switzerland in 1864.

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