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	Australian Red Cross
		The 58th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions offers the chance to reflect on the humanitarian principles that the Conventions embody and their relevance in situations of contemporary armed conflict.
		First Geneva Convention of 1949 (first adopted 1864):
		Geneva Convention for the amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field
	www.redcross.org.au /ihl/whatIs_genevaConven.htm (467 words)

	Geneva Conventions - MSN Encarta
		Geneva Conventions, series of international agreements that created and developed international humanitarian law to protect wounded combatants and those who assist them, prisoners of war, and civilians during times of war or other conflicts.
		The first Geneva Convention was adopted in 1864 and provided for the protection of sick and wounded soldiers on the field of battle.
		Whereas the Geneva Conventions primarily protect victims of war, the Hague Conventions and accompanying regulations primarily protect combatants and noncombatants by limiting the methods and means of combat.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_762529232/Geneva_Conventions.html (746 words)

	Crimes Of War Project > The Book
		First, there is a prohibition on deliberate mistreatment of the body, either through failure to treat it with appropriate respect or through mutilation.
		Article 17 of the First Geneva Convention is concerned specifically with the burial of the battlefield dead.
		This is the core of the Geneva Convention duty to the dead—they are to be treated honorably and their graves protected.
	www.crimesofwar.org /thebook/dead-and-wounded.html (1036 words)

	Geneva Conventions - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Geneva Conventions, series of international agreements that created and developed international humanitarian law to protect wounded combatants and...
		The first, the 1925 Geneva Protocol, prohibits the use in war of...
		The latest session of the third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea met in Geneva, Switzerland, from March 17 to May 9.
	encarta.msn.com /Geneva_Conventions.html (211 words)

	American Experience \| Bataan Rescue \| People & Events
		The Geneva Conventions are four separate treaties negotiated and re-negotiated by international committees between 1864 and 1977 to govern human rights during wartime.
		In 1929 the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War was signed by 47 governments.
		That Japanese forces did not strictly follow the Geneva Conventions is hardly a matter of debate.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/bataan/peopleevents/e_geneva.html (497 words)

	International Humanitarian Law - Fourth 1949 Geneva Convention
		The 1864 Convention confined itself to stating the principle in all its simplicity, but at the same time in all its strength, without developing its meaning in any way: "Wounded or sick combatants, to whatever nation they may belong, shall be collected and cared for".
		The authors of the Convention have not defined what is meant by a "wounded or sick" civilian nor has there been any attempt to determine the degree of severity of a wound or the sickness entitling the wounded or sick person to respect.
		That is a measure for which the First Geneva Convention has made provision since 1864, and experience in two world wars has shown the necessity of applying it to the case of civilians who in modern wars may be struck down in the same way as members of the armed forces (3).
	www.icrc.org /IHL.NSF/1a13044f3bbb5b8ec12563fb0066f226/1ed4cbc8be347dd7c12563cd0042b09d!OpenDocument (1666 words)

	THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS
		This first Geneva Convention was inspired by Henri Dunant, founder of the Red Cross.
		The Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property was signed in 1954, the United Nations Convention on Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Techniques followed in 1977, together with two Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, extending their protections to civil wars.
		Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects.
	www.venusproject.com /ecs/Geneva_Conventions.html (1644 words)

	First Geneva Convention - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		In 1863, the Geneva Society for Public Welfare took up his cause and created a committee of five, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
		On August 22, 1864, this committee brought together the representatives of 16 European states who adopted the first Geneva Convention, a treaty designed to save lives, to alleviate the suffering of wounded and sick military personnel, and to protect civilians in the act of rendering aid.
		The First Geneva Convention is known as the "Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field, 1864."
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/First_Geneva_Convention (335 words)

	Wikinfo \| First Geneva Convention
		The convention was inspired by the experiences of a Swiss businessman, Henri Dunant, who witnessed the sufferings of 40,000 soldiers wounded during a bloody conflict in 1859 between French and Austrian armies near the northern Italian town of Solferino.
		In 1863, the Geneva Society for Public Welfare took up his cause and created a committee of five, which became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
		In 1864, this committee brought together the representatives of 16 European states who adopted the first Geneva Convention, a treaty designed to save lives, alleviate the suffering of wounded and sick military personnel, and protect civilians in the act of rendering aid.
	www.internet-encyclopedia.org /wiki.php?title=First_Geneva_Convention (312 words)

	[First] Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the ...
		Establishments ashore entitled to the protection of the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field of 12 August 1949, shall be protected from bombardment or attack from the sea.
		Retained personnel shall be subject, on landing, to the provisions of the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field of 12 August 1949.
		The present Convention replaces the Xth Hague Convention of 18 October 1907, for the adaptation to Maritime Warfare of the principles of the Geneva Convention of 1906, in relations between the High Contracting Parties.
	www.austlii.edu.au /au/other/dfat/treaties/1958/21.html (16557 words)

	Geneva conventions
		The basic principles of Geneva conventions are reposing on the respect of the human being and are respecting its dignity.
		Even if the Geneva Conventions dated 1949 have not lost their importance and significance, they were incomplete in the terms of the necessity to protect the victims of modern military conflicts.
		In the first place, ICRC is a real helper to the wounded and sick military personnel, as well as shipwreck victims and the prisoners of war, whose condition it seeks to improve from the moment of their capturing to their release.
	www.redcross.lv /en/conventions.htm (1792 words)

	American Red Cross Yuma Service Center
		The first Geneva Convention was adopted to protect sick and wounded on battlefields.
		She was a teacher at first and the founder of various free schools in New Jersey.
		She was responsible for the introduction at this convention of the "American amendment," which established that the Red Cross was to serve victims of peacetime disasters as well as victims of war.
	chapters.redcross.org /az/yuma/history/history.htm (652 words)

	GENEVA CONVENTION
		The Geneva Conventions are international treaties binding on all States which have accepted them.
		The Conventions are long and complicated, but they are essentially a series of 'do's' and 'don'ts' to apply during conflict to protect vulnerable and defenceless individuals.
		The distinctive emblems defined in the Geneva Conventions are the red cross or the red crescent on a white background.
	www.ppu.org.uk /learn/texts/doc_geneva_con.html (1132 words)

	Forced Migration
		Establishment of the Geneva Conventions was inspired by International Red Cross founder Henri Dunant's pamphlet "A Memory of Solferino," which described his shock at the lack of care given to wounded soldiers at the battle of Solferino, Italy, in 1859.
		In 1977, two protocols were added to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, extending protection to victims of conflicts not formally declared as wars and to victims of civil conflict within a state.
		The Convention clearly spells out who is a refugee and the kind of legal protection, other assistance and social rights he or she should receive from states parties to the document.
	www.columbia.edu /itc/hs/pubhealth/modules/forcedMigration/legal.html (1035 words)

	50 Years of Geneva Conventions
		The first Geneva Convention was signed by delegates from 16 European countries in Geneva in 1864 one year after the Red Cross was formed which established the principle that sick and wounded combatants in war should be respected and cared for irrespective of their nationality.
		The second Geneva Convention was attended by representatives from 35 countries at Geneva in 1906.
		The aim is to reaffirm the vital importance of the Geneva Conventions as they are the most important international instruments to defend human dignity during international conflicts and civil wars.
	defencejournal.com /oct99/geneva.htm (1359 words)

	MEMORANDUM ON SRI LANKA - PART II
		The Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, multilateral treaties resulting from the peace conferences held in the Hague in 1899 and 1907 developed the law of combat.
		The law of protections for persons affected by war (Geneva law) also has one overriding principle: combatants hors de combat and civilians not directly engaged in armed combat may not be the target of military operations and must be treated humanely.
		First of all, the LTTE is a military force (army and navy) not a terrorist organization.
	www.webcom.com /hrin/parker/ltte96-2.html (3144 words)

	What is the Geneva Convention?
		Actually, there is more than one Geneva Convention, but the one referred to in the context of the current US-UK against Iraq is the convention that lays down how prisoners of war (POW) are to be treated by countries that are party to the convention.
		This convention — formally called the “Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War” was adopted by a conference held in Geneva from April 21 to August 12, 1949.
		In fact, the very first Geneva Convention, which was adopted in 1864, was a result of international negotiations initiated by Henri Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross.
	www.religionnewsblog.com /2893/what-is-the-geneva-convention (988 words)

	International Humanitarian Law - First 1949 Geneva Convention
		Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field.
		The present Convention shall be applied with the cooperation and under the scrutiny of the Protecting Powers whose duty it is to safeguard the interests of the Parties to the conflict.
		Hospital ships entitled to the protection of the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea of 12 August 1949, shall not be attacked from the land.
	www.icrc.org /ihl.nsf/7c4d08d9b287a42141256739003e636b/fe20c3d903ce27e3c125641e004a92f3 (6957 words)

	Human Rights First \| Human Rights & Post-war Iraq
		Any other reading of the Geneva Conventions would render their protections dangerously vulnerable, since that would mean that nations could deny all captured soldiers POW status simply by alleging that enemy forces were committing war crimes.
		The Geneva Conventions impose on parties the obligation to prosecute persons who commit serious violations of international humanitarian law, including grave breaches, and also provide that penal proceedings must be fair and impartial.
		The first three articles of all four Geneva Conventions are identical, and are often referred to as the “common” articles, e.g.
	www.humanrightsfirst.org /iraq/iraq_02.htm (2358 words)

	The Avalon Project : Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in ...
		Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, August 12, 1949
		Neutral Powers shall apply by analogy the provisions of the present Convention to the wounded and sick, and to members of the medical personnel and to chaplains of the armed forces of the Parties to the conflict, received or interned in their territory, as well as to dead persons found.
		The provisions of the present Convention constitute no obstacle to the humanitarian activities which the International Committee of the Red Cross or any other impartial humanitarian organization may, subject to the consent of the Parties to the conflict concerned, undertake for the protection of wounded and sick, medical personnel and chaplains, and for their relief.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/lawofwar/geneva05.htm (6736 words)

	Geneva Conventions - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The conventions were the results of efforts by Henri Dunant, who was motivated by the horrors of war he witnessed at the Battle of Solferino.
		First Geneva Convention "for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field" (first adopted in 1864, last revision in 1949)
		All four conventions were last revised and ratified in 1949, based on previous revisions and partly on some of the 1907 Hague Conventions; the whole set is referred to as the "Geneva Conventions of 1949" or simply the "Geneva Conventions".
	www.aljazeera.com /me.asp?service_ID=10290 (812 words)

	Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick
		The provisions of the present Convention constitute no obstacle to the humanitarian activities which the International Committee of the Red Cross or any other impartial humanitarian organization may, subject to the consent of the Parties to the conflict concerned.
		The bearer of this card is protected by the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field of August 12, 1949, in his capacity as...................................................................................................................................
	www.unhchr.ch /html/menu3/b/q_genev1.htm (6970 words)

	Saddam Hussein's Violations of the Geneva Convention
		In 1907, the international community convened the first of a series of diplomatic conferences that endeavored to codify the "laws and customs of war." The first of these conferences was the 1907 Hague Convention on the Conduct of War.
		The result was the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, which introduced the concept of individual criminal liability and "universal jurisdiction" to try individuals responsible for "grave breaches" of the Geneva Conventions.
		Article 37, paragraph 1, of the Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I) It is prohibited to kill, injure or capture an adversary and resort to perfidy.
	www.heritage.org /Research/MiddleEast/wm260.cfm (3586 words)

	Media Alert \| March 27, 2003
		Human Rights First is concerned by recent news reports that suggest that Iraq may have committed grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and other serious war crimes by killing or ill-treating captured American and British troops.
		Article 13 of the Third Geneva Convention, which concerns humane treatment of prisoners, requires prisoners of war to be protected “against acts of violence or intimidation and against insults and public curiosity.” Iraq’s failure to protect prisoners of war from intrusive photographs, with an intent to humiliate these prisoners, clearly violates this provision.
		Human Rights First urges all parties to the war in Iraq to comply with the Geneva Conventions and the customary international law of armed conflict relating to the treatment of POWs, and to take all the measures within their power to prevent and punish war crimes.
	www.humanrightsfirst.org /media/2003_alerts/0327.htm (869 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The First Geneva Convention is one of several Geneva Conventions.
		It covers the treatment of battlefield casualties and was adopted in 1864 as part of the establishment of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
		Second Geneva Convention of 1906 on the treatment of casualties in war at sea
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=First_Geneva_Convention (415 words)

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