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1Geneva Convention (1929) — See also Geneva Convention for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded and sick in armies in the field (1929) [ [http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/FULL/300?OpenDocument Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick… …
2First Geneva Convention — The First Geneva Convention, 1864 The First Geneva Convention, for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field, is one of four treaties of the Geneva Conventions. It defines the basis on which rest the rules of… …
3Geneva Convention — (1864) The Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, known as the Geneva Convention, had as its goals the protection of the vulnerable in wartime and the prevention of unnecessary… …
4Second Geneva Convention — The Second Geneva Convention of 1906, Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field (Geneva, 6 July 1906) extended the principles from the First Geneva Convention of 1864 on the treatment of battlefield… …
5Geneva Conventions — The Geneva Convention: The signature and seals page of the First Geneva Convention (1864), establishing humane rules of war. The Geneva Conventions comprise four treaties, and three additional protocols, that establish the standards of… …
6The Lexington Principles on the Rights of Detainees — Infobox document document name = Draft Lexington Principles on the Rights of Detainees date created = September 25, 2008 location of document = Lexington, Virginia, U.S.A. writer = The Lexington Principles Project, Transnational Law Institute,… …
7Geneva Conventions — Series of four international agreements (1864, 1906, 1929, 1949) signed in Geneva, Switz. , that established the humanitarian principles by which the signatory countries are to treat an enemy s military and civilian nationals in wartime. The… …
8International Committee of the Red Cross — ICRC redirects here. For other uses, see ICRC (disambiguation). The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a private humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland. The community of states has given the ICRC a unique role,… …
9The United States of America — The United States of America † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The United States of America BOUNDARIES AND AREA On the east the boundary is formed by the St. Croix River and an arbitrary line to the St. John, and on the north by the… …
10HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
