Geneva Convention

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one of a series of international agreements, first made in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1864, establishing rules for the humane treatment of prisoners of war and of the sick, the wounded, and the dead in battle.

Geneva Convention

noun

the international agreement, first formulated in 1864 at Geneva, establishing a code for wartime treatment of the sick or wounded: revised and extended on several occasions to cover maritime warfare and prisoners of war

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There was no training on the Geneva Convention, to which Russia and Ukraine are both signatories, and which prohibits the killing of people who have surrendered or no longer pose a threat.

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The most recent version, the fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, was adopted after the Second World War and was intended to stop the mass killing of civilians from happening again.

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Under the fourth Geneva Convention, occupying powers, as Israel is in Gaza, must ensure civilians have food and medicine, and protect hospitals and health workers.

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He says that as a patient in hospital, Barhoum had a right to be protected under the Geneva Convention.

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There was also his well-documented drinking problem, his mismanagement of two veteran non-profits, his defense of war crimes and disdain for the Geneva Convention, and his general lack of qualifications to lead the Defense Department.

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