Third Geneva Convention, relative to the treatment of prisoners of war, is one of the four treaties of the Geneva Conventions. The Geneva Convention relative...
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The Geneva Conventions are international humanitarian laws consisting of four treaties and three additional protocols that establish international legal...
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state. They are: The Geneva Conventions First Geneva Convention Second Geneva Convention Third Geneva Convention Fourth Geneva Convention Additional Protocols...
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related to this article: Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War The Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War was signed at Geneva, July 27, 1929. Its official...
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and refers to persons who are under specific protection of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, their 1977 Additional Protocols, and customary international humanitarian...
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Prisoner exchange (section Geneva Conventions)
International Red Cross during World War II under these terms. Under the Third Geneva Convention of 1949, that is covered by Articles 109 to 117. The Second World...
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included in the Third Geneva Convention, the phrase itself does not appear in the document. Article 4 of the Third Geneva Convention does describe categories...
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medical personnel and chaplains covered by Article 33 of the Third [Geneva] Convention) are combatants, that is to say, they have the right to participate...
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The 1929 Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War was adopted in 1929 but was significantly revised and replaced by the Third Geneva Convention in 1949....
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Fourth Geneva Convention, Article 15. Third Geneva Convention, Article 4 First Geneva Convention, 12 August 1949. Second Geneva Convention, 12 August...
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Prisoner of war (section Hague and Geneva Conventions)
Geneva Convention on the Prisoners of War and were largely revised in the Third Geneva Convention in 1949. Article 4 of the Third Geneva Convention protects...
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technically means "main camp". According to the Third Geneva Convention of 1929 and its predecessor, the Hague Convention of 1907, Section IV, Chapter 2, these...
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Law of war (redirect from Convention of the rules of warfare)
committed or ordered certain "grave breaches" of the laws of war. (Third Geneva Convention, Article 129 and Article 130.) Combatants who break specific provisions...
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War crime (section Geneva Conventions)
significantly revised and replaced by the Second Geneva Convention of 1949. The Third Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War was...
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Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1929, which met from the 27 July until the 1 August of that year. It was the third convention to address the issues of...
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United States Uniformed Services Privilege and Identification Card (redirect from Geneva Conventions Identification Card)
Privilege and Identification Card (also known as U.S. military ID, Geneva Conventions Identification Card, or less commonly abbreviated USPIC) is an identity...
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Kriegsgefangenenlager) during World War II (1939-1945). Germany signed the Third Geneva Convention of 1929, which established norms relating to the treatment of prisoners...
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1951 Refugee Convention), children (the Convention on the Rights of the Child), and prisoners of war (the 1949 Third Geneva Convention). The General...
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Protocol III (redirect from Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions)
Protocol III is a 2005 amendment protocol to the Geneva Conventions relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem. Under the protocol, the...
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Prisoner-of-war camp (section Geneva Conference)
[citation needed] Per the 1929 Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War, later superseded by the Third Geneva Convention, such camps have been required to...
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Sources of international law include international agreements (the Geneva Conventions), customary international law, general principles of nations, and...
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own territory, even if the territory is under occupation. The Third Geneva Convention of 1949 uses "regular armed forces" as a critical distinction....
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Protocol II (redirect from Geneva Protocol II)
Protocol II is a 1977 amendment protocol to the Geneva Conventions relating to the protection of victims of non-international armed conflicts. It defines...
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also serves as an identification card under the Geneva Conventions (especially the Third Geneva Convention). In combination with a personal identification...
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camp, Stalag IX-B; the latter contravened the provisions of the Third Geneva Convention and the Hague Treaties. Many prisoners died as a result of malnutrition...
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summary execution is legal. Major treaties such as the Geneva Conventions and Hague Conventions, and customary international law from history, protect...
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a surrender ceremony was accompanied by the honors of war. The Third Geneva Convention states that prisoners of war should not be mistreated or abused...
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Attorney General Ramsey Clark argued that these attacks violated the Third Geneva Convention, Common Article 3, which outlaws the killing of soldiers who "are...
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was significantly revised and replaced by the Third Geneva Convention of 1949. The Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons...
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custody would be designated as JSP, which were not subject to the Third Geneva Convention's rules on prisoners, and had few legal protections. The Japanese...
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