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Geneva Convention

an international convention adopted in Geneva. There have been a number of these. The one most likely to be encountered by the general public is that on treatment of prisoners of war. As a convention it is part of international law. Other notable conventions carrying the Geneva name are those on Law of the Sea 1958 and the 1951 Law Relating to the Status of Refugees.

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PCHR reiterated its call on the High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention to fulfill their obligations under Article 1; to respect and ensure respect for the Convention in all circumstances and their obligations under Article 146 to prosecute persons alleged to commit grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention.

Human rights center expresses deep concern over Israel's use of lethal force

Saying the Geneva Conventions were passe, the President vowed to take 'harsh measures' against the communist insurgents.

Geneva Conventions are passe, Duterte tells communists

the drafters of the 1929 Geneva Convention and 1949 Geneva Conventions

SMOKE AND MIRRORS: RECONCILING THE RIGHT TO HEALTH AND THE RIGHT TO TOBACCO IN TIMES OF ARMED CONFLICT

Those responsible may be unaware that use of the red cross emblem is restricted under the Geneva Conventions for the Protection of War Victims of 12 August 1949, and that unauthorised use of this sign in the United Kingdom is an offence under the Geneva Conventions Act 1957.

'Prison Architect' Accidentally Breaks Geneva Conventions

The Hamdan ruling held that Geneva Conventions do apply, and thus placed the Bush team in "a legally vulnerable position" as even an Air Force judge advocate in mid 2006 testified before Congress that "some techniques that have been authorized" violated the Geneva Conventions.

Revised (US) law made Rome (war crimes) Statute inapplicable in U.S

Theinternational community considers the establishment of Israeli settlements in the Israeli-occupied territories illegal under international law, however Israel maintains that they are consistent with international law because it does not agree that the fourth geneva convention applies to the territories occupied in the 1967 six-day war.

Settlers steal stones in villages west of Salfit for paving the streets of settlements

Additional Protocols to the 1949 Geneva Conventions were opened for

Exploring U.S. treaty practice through a military lens

Switzerland, as the depositary of the Geneva Conventions, said "the state of Palestine" acceded to the conventions effective April 2 -- 25 years after Palestinians first sought membership.

Geneva Conventions invoke rights of Palestinians

Mansour said Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has asked Switzerland-as the depository for Geneva Conventions-to convene a meeting of the parties to the 4th Geneva Convention on the protection of civilian persons in time of war.

Palestinians at U.N. Demand Geneva Convention Protections

The work of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as custodians of the Geneva Conventions is as vital today as it has ever been.

United Kingdom : World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day

1) The essay concludes that authority in domestic and international law exists for such operations and that, as a policy choice, the United States would do well to apply the Geneva Conventions of 1949 in the conflict with terrorists whether or not it is legally required.

Targeted killing of terrorists

These grave breaches constitute war crimes under Article 147 of the same Convention and Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions, PCHR said.