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Government Sources by Subject: Geneva Conventions: Treatment of Prisoners of War
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The Geneva Conventions, also known as the Geneva Red Cross Conventions, are international agreements to protect non-hostile individuals such as the sick, wounded, prisoners of war, and civilians during times of war.
- GENEVA CONVENTION, The Avalon Project, Yale UniversityLaws of War: a list of agreements with their coinciding years and links to the full text. The Geneva Conventions are at the bottom of the page.
- Encyclopedia of Prisoners of War and InternmentNearly 300 entries on the history of prisoners of war and interned civilians. Includes entries for the Geneva Conventions. See the index for other entries that refer to the conventions.
Geneva Convention 1929
- United States Statutes at Large
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Access for all on-campus; login required from off-campus. The text as signed in 1929, ratified by the U.S. in 1932. The legal citation can be found in volume 47, page 2021. - Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of WarFull text provided by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Geneva Convention 1949
- Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, United NationsThe text of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, from the United Nations.
- United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS), 1949, volume 75Print only.
* I. Amelioration of the wounded & sick (land)
* II. Amelioration of the wounded & sick (sea)
* III. Treatment of POWs
* IV. Protection of civilians - Multilateral treaties : index and current statusPrint only. See citation and notes under Treaties 238 to 241.
1864 Geneva Convention
Delegate signatures on the 1864 Geneva Convention.
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