Geneva Convention

noun

1. 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

1. 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

Example Sentences

The Geneva Convention is a human rights instrument designed to protect civilians.

From The Daily Beast

The "Geneva Convention" mentioned in the address has, of course, no bearing upon aerial dangers.

From Project Gutenberg

This is equally the case with the second Geneva Convention, which Mr. Pike is right in supposing never to have been ratified.

From Project Gutenberg

Under the Skunk Geneva Convention, the use of aerial bombs or any form of gas-attack against skunk-kind is barred.

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