08/07/2021
GENEVA CONVENTION
by Murali Mervic | Jul 7, 2021 | SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY | 1 comment
GENEVA CONVENTION AND HANDLING OF PRISONERS OF WAR (POW)
1. INTRODUCTION
The Geneva Convention was a chain of international diplomatic summit that shaped a number of agreements, pertaining to Humanitarian Laws of Armed conflict, a group of international laws for the civilized treatment of injured or captured armed force personnel, medical staff and non-military civilians in war or armed conflicts. These agreements were created in the year 1864 and were considerably updated after World War II (1949).
Importantly, some cultures showed considerable compassion for the helpless or innocent, injured civilians, conversely others tortured or slaughtered anyone in sight, but no questions were asked.
In 1859, Henry Dunant a Genevian businessman took a trip to address and seek land rights to establish business venture to Emperor Napoleon III in northern Italy. Undoubtedly, he dug up much more than he bargained for. Subsequently, Henry Dunant who witnessed the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino, a brutal battle of Italian Independence Second War, suffering Dunant underwent impacted him so seriously that he wrote a first-hand information in 1862 called A Memory of Solferino. Notably, he did not just write about what he had observed, subsequently he also proposed a solution that all nations come together to create trained, volunteer relief groups to treat battlefield wounded and offer humanitarian assistance to those affected due to war.
2. BACKGROUND HISTORY
The first Diplomatic Conference was called by Swiss Government at Geneva in 1864, which was signed by 12 Countries. Thereafter three more conferences were held in 1907, 1929 and 1949 to alter and improve the existing conventions. On 12 Aug 1949 the final Geneva Conventions were finalized and signed by 71 Countries, on 16 Oct 1950. These conventions were in four parts and contained 429 Articles.
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The Geneva Convention was a chain of international diplomatic summit that shaped a number of agreements, pertaining to Humanitarian Laws