Geneva Conventions

Geneva Conventions in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of Geneva Conventions.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Work
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• Geneva Conventions in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• Geneva Conventions in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Definition of Geneva Conventions

In the context of international law, the legal resource A Dictionary of Law, provides a definition of Geneva Conventions : A series of international conventions on the laws of war, the first of which was formulated in Geneva in 1864. The 1864 and 1906 Conventions protect sick and wounded soldiers; the Geneva Protocol of 1925 prohibits the use of gas and bacteriological warfare; the three Conventions of 1929 and the four Conventions of 1949 protect sick and wounded soldiers, sailors, and prisoners of war, and the 1949 Conventions protect, in addition, certain groups of civilians. The First Protocol of 1977 supplements the 1949 Conventions, extending protection to wider groups of civilians, regulating the law of bombing, and enlarging the category of wars subject to the 1949 Conventions (to include, for example, civil wars). The 1949 Conventions are accepted by many states and are generally considered to embody customary international law that relates to war.

See also Hague Conventions; Martens clause.