Geneva Convention

American  

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.

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Geneva Convention British  

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

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Example Sentences

Under the Second Geneva Convention, countries at war are required to take "all possible measures" to rescue wounded or shipwrecked sailors after a naval attack.

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The Geneva Convention makes clear that targeting civilian infrastructure is a potential war crime.

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The Geneva Convention, the laws of war, bans attacks on infrastructure that cause excessive harm to civilians.

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The Geneva Convention forbids the intentional targeting of wounded combatants, saying that those participants should be apprehended and given medical aid.

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It has no pool of Russian civilian prisoners because it's against the rules of war under the Geneva Convention.

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