The Geneva Convention
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Presentation
- 1st convention
- 2nd convention
- 3rd convention
- 4th convention
- 1st protocol
- 2nd protocol
- 3rd protocol
- Use of emblem
- Conclusion
- Annexes
- Bibliography
Abstract
For example:
The Chinese warrior Sun Tzu in the 6th century BCE tried to put some limits in the way the war was conducted.
The notion of war crimes appeared for the first time in Manu's Hindi Code. It was about 200 BCE.
Sir William Wallace (a Scottish national hero) was sued for the murder of civilians during wartime in 1305
Even a book has been published in 1625 by Hugo Grotius that dealt with the humanitarian treatment of civilians: "On the Law of War and Peace"
The first case of someone being executed for prisoners' mistreatment is the Confederate officer Henry Wirz. It took place at the Andersonville war camp in 1865. Only one of the several people involved in similar offenses has been executed but it was the beginning of the regulations about prisoners' treatment during war time
It is impossible to make an up-dated list of war crimes around the world but since the last 150 years, a real step has been accomplished in restricting the behaviors on warring parties. And it is since the last century that an international body of law has been created to police the nations of the world.
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