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Geneva Conventions

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The Geneva Conventions are a series of four international treaties (1949) and their three additional protocols that form the core of international humanitarian law. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Signed 12 August 1949; ratified by 196 countries 1
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Diplomatic conference convened in Geneva, Switzerland 1
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  • Lead section (entity-description)
    The Geneva Conventions are a series of four international treaties (1949) and their three additional protocols that form the core of international humanitarian law.
  • Infobox (era)
    Signed 12 August 1949; ratified by 196 countries
  • Infobox (promulgated-by)
    Diplomatic conference convened in Geneva, Switzerland
  • In Legal System: Public International Law, Introduction
    The Geneva Conventions are a series of four international treaties (1949) and their three additional protocols that form the core of international humanitarian law.
  • In Group: Laws of War and International Criminal Law Instruments, Introduction, sentence 1
    The Geneva Conventions are a series of four international treaties (1949) and their three additional protocols that form the core of international humanitarian law.
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