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What were the Geneva Conventions?
There are 4 Geneva conventions (formed originally in Geneva, Switzerland) which set out a basis for humanitarian law and were last revised and expanded in 1949. The most well known is the third which...
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What is the Geneva Convention?
It is a treaty, signed by all civilised nations, that prescribes the rules for conducting war. It specifies how prisoners are to be treated, it specifies how civilians in occupied territories are to...
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What is the Geneva protocol?
A treaty prohibiting the first use of chemical and biological weapons.
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1951 Geneva convention on refugees?
The 1951 Geneva Convention basically states what a refugee is, what refugees' basic freedoms are, who is not a refugee, and how a refugee should behave in its host country.
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What was one goal of the Geneva Convention?
For prisoners of war to get the same amount of food rations as their captors.