First Geneva Convention

When Red Cross founder Henry Dunant in 1864 persuaded diplomats to adopt the First Geneva Convention, that all sick and wounded were entitled to medical treatment on the battlefield, he probably never imagined that over 150 years later not only would that be reversed but civilians would be denied ...

The design of this organisation's symbol originates from the First Geneva Convention in 1864 and also lends it the name it is known by. The symbol represents an inverted flag of the native country of the organisation's founder, Henry Dunant, the first recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. That flag by itself is ...

Because there has always been conflict, the first attempts to regulate it can be found in the Old Testament, and those were officially written down and ticked off at the First Geneva Convention in 1864. They enshrined acceptable wartime conduct, also called jus in bello, and acceptable justification to engage ...

Smith invoked the memory of Jean Henri Dunant, whose efforts led to the First Geneva Convention of 1864 that barred attacks on sick and wounded soldiers, along with medics and volunteers engaged in their evacuation. Dunant also founded the International Committee of the Red Cross that provides the ...

The First Geneva Convention deals with land-based warfare, the Second Geneva Convention addresses issues at sea, the Third Geneva Convention deals with prisoners of war and the Fourth Geneva Convention addresses civilians during wartime. There are also Additional Protocols to the Geneva ...

Gov. William Smith and Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire had the same states-rights, southern-cause passion as their neighbor, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. McGuire, whose name also graces our veterans' medical center in South Richmond, is a particularly fascinating example of why we shouldn't consider ...

In 1864, European countries rallied together to pass the first Geneva Convention, a treaty governing how countries would treat wounded and sick soldiers in armed combat. The agreements have been modified multiple times in the decades since. Most importantly, in 1949, the Fourth Geneva Convention ...

It is difficult to overstate the importance of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Nearly synonymous with the law of war itself, the universally ratified 1949 Conventions are not merely a source of elaborate rules of conduct — they are critical and ubiquitous proof of the power of humanitarian interests to persist ...

One hundred fifty years ago to the day, the first Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field was adopted, enshrining the idea in international law that even in times of war, a certain degree of humanity must be preserved. Switzerland and ...