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Technical Note on the Protocols of 8 June 1977 Additional to the Geneva Conventions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

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The first Geneva Convention was signed in 1864. It dealt with the protection of the military sick and the wounded on the battlefield.

In 1899, thanks to The Hague Conventions, protection was extended to military wounded, sick and shipwrecked persons during maritime warfare.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 24 , Issue 242 , October 1984 , pp. 274 - 277
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1984

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