Second Geneva Convention
Sign in to saveAlso known as Geneva Convention/Second Geneva Convention, Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea, Geneva Convention on the Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked of Armed Forces at Sea
1949 treaty
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- treaty
- Part of
- Geneva Conventions
- Country
- Switzerland
- Main subject
- Geneva Conventions
- Location
- Geneva
- Image
- USNS Mercy T-AH-19.jpg
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- WikiProject Human rights
- different from
- Geneva II Conference on Syria
- publication date
- 1949-08-12
- title
- Konvencija o izboljšanju položaja ranjencev, bolnikov in brodolomcev v oboroženih silah na morju
- depositary
- Swiss Federal Council
- inception
- 1949-08-12
- effective date
- 1950-10-21
- work available at URL
- ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/dih.nsf/Treaty.xsp?documentId=4EE20B2B36D570F6C12563140043A999&action=openDocument
- point in time
- 1949-08-12
- language of work or name
- Czech
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Encyclopedic overview
Hospital ship USNS Mercy of the United States Navy
The Geneva Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (French: Convention pour l'amélioration du sort des blessés, des malades et des naufragés des forces armées sur mer), more commonly referred to as the Second Geneva Convention or Geneva Convention II and abbreviated as GCII, is one of the four treaties of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. It was first adopted in 1949, replacing the Hague Convention (X) of 1907. It adapts the main protective regime of the First Geneva Convention to combat at sea.
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