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Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949. States parties and signatories. The Geneva Conventions which were adopted before 1949 were concerned with combatants only, not with civilians. Some provisions concerning the protection of populations against the consequences of war and their ...
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Article 4 - Definition of protected persons. Persons...
- Protection of civilian persons and populations in time of war
Article 27 of the Fourth Convention states the basic...
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ART. 13. — The provisions of Part II cover the whole of the populations of the countries in conflict, without any adverse distinction based, in particular, on race, nationality, religion or ...
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The Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, more commonly referred to as the Fourth Geneva Convention and abbreviated as GCIV, is one of the four treaties of the Geneva Conventions. It was adopted in August 1949, and came into force in October 1950. [1]
The High Contracting Parties undertake, in time of peace as in time of war, to disseminate the text of the present Convention as widely as possible in their respective countries, and, in particular, to include the study thereof in their programmes of military and, if possible, civil instruction, so that the principles thereof may become known ...
Learn about the Geneva Convention IV, which protects civilians in war zones, and how the UN upholds its principles and monitors its implementation.
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