Geneva Conventions of 1949

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Geneva_Conventions_of_1949

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Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:treaty
gptkbp:administeredBy	gptkb:International_Committee_of_the_Red_Cross
gptkbp:adoptedBy	12 August 1949
gptkbp:appliesTo	international armed conflicts non-state actors non-international armed conflicts state parties
gptkbp:basisFor	international humanitarian law
gptkbp:binds	all parties to armed conflict
gptkbp:category	human rights law treaty law law of war
gptkbp:enforcedBy	gptkb:International_Criminal_Court states parties
gptkbp:enteredIntoForce	21 October 1950
gptkbp:firstEvent	gptkb:Geneva_Convention_I
gptkbp:fourthConvention	gptkb:Geneva_Convention_IV
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Geneva Conventions of 1949
gptkbp:language	gptkb:French gptkb:Russian gptkb:Spanish English
gptkbp:locationAdopted	gptkb:Geneva,_Switzerland
gptkbp:notablePublication	gptkb:Article_49_(IV) gptkb:Common_Article_3 Article 130 (III) Article 147 (IV) Article 50 (I)
gptkbp:numberOfEvents	4
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Hague_Conventions gptkb:Geneva_Convention_of_1929
gptkbp:prohibits	torture inhuman treatment taking of hostages unlawful deportation willful killing
gptkbp:purpose	protection of victims of armed conflicts
gptkbp:replacedBy	gptkb:previous_Geneva_Conventions
gptkbp:secondConvention	gptkb:Geneva_Convention_II
gptkbp:signedBy	196
gptkbp:subject	protection of civilians treatment of prisoners of war treatment of shipwrecked military personnel treatment of wounded and sick soldiers
gptkbp:supportsProtocol	gptkb:Protocol_III_(2005) gptkb:Protocol_II_(1977) gptkb:Protocol_I_(1977)
gptkbp:thirdConvention	gptkb:Geneva_Convention_III
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Laws_of_war
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5