Geneva Conventions definition

Geneva Conventions means the international conventions signed at Geneva on August 12, 1949.
Geneva Conventions means the four (4) Geneva Conventions of 1949 to which the Republic of the Marshall Islands is party;
Geneva Conventions means the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field of August 12, 1949, Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea of August 12, 1949, Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of August 12, 1949, and the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of August 12, 1949 which are applicable to the Kingdom of Bhutan.

Examples of Geneva Conventions in a sentence

  • A State Party shall not authorize any transfer of conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1) or of items covered under Article 3 or Article 4, if it has knowledge at the time of authorization that the arms or items would be used in the commission of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, attacks directed against civilian objects or civilians protected as such, or other war crimes as defined by international agreements to which it is a Party.

  • The subject-matter jurisdiction of the Extraordinary ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall be the crime of genocide as defined in the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, crimes against humanity as defined in the 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions and such other crimes as defined in Chapter II of the Law on the Establishment of the Extraordinary ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ as promulgated on 10 August 2001.

  • If authorized to wear military clothing, contractor personnel must wear distinctive patches, arm bands, nametags, or headgear, in order to be distinguishable from military personnel, consistent with force protection measures and the Geneva Conventions.

  • Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (AP II) (7 December 1978) 1125 UNTS 609.

  • Geneva Conventions ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, section 8 (protection of Red Cross emblem).


More Definitions of Geneva Conventions

Geneva Conventions means the First Convention for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded and sick in armed forces in the field, the Second Convention for the amelioration of wounded sick and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea, the Third Convention relative to the treatment of Prisoners of War and the Fourth Convention relative to the protection of Civilian Persons in time of war (copies of which Conventions are set out in the Schedules to the Geneva Conventions Act No. 103 of 1957 of the Parliament of Our Commonwealth of Australia) and include any Convention or other arrangement in substitution for or an addition to or any modification amendment or extension of the said Conventions or any of them to which Our Commonwealth of Australia is for the time being a party.
Geneva Conventions means the four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, being -
Geneva Conventions means the Geneva Conventions Act 1962 (Act 512)
Geneva Conventions means the international
Geneva Conventions means the Conventions set out in the First, Second, Third and Fourth Schedules to the Geneva Conventions Act [Chapter 11:06];
Geneva Conventions means the First Corlvei otiog^ :'|4;he
Geneva Conventions means the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 as well as their additional protocols of June8, 1977;