Geneva Convention Definition

noun
An international agreement signed at Geneva in 1864, establishing a code, later revised, for the care and treatment in wartime of the sick, wounded, and dead, and of prisoners of war, including protection of civilians and of hospitals, etc. having the emblem of the Red Cross.
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An international treaty which defines the required treatment for prisoners of war by their captors.

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  • The judges strongly rebuked the Home Secretary for ignoring Britain's obligations under the Geneva Convention.

  • Both the US and the British governments use evidence obtained under torture, in contravention of the Geneva Convention.

  • The judges strongly rebuked the Home Secretary for ignoring Britain 's obligations under the Geneva Convention.

  • That observation led to the creation of the International Committee of the Red Cross and later led to the first Geneva Convention.

  • Barton also campaigned for American ratification of the Geneva Convention.

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