Geneva Conventions

Geneva Conventions


 * Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. Geneva, 12 August 1949.
 * Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea. Geneva, 12 August 1949.
 * Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949.
 * Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949.
 * Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 8 June 1977.
 * Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949], and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II), 8 June 1977.

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 * Reference Guide to the Geneva Conventions.


 * States party to the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols. Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 8 June 1977. This list is updated everytime that a State is known to have deposited an instrument of ratification, accession or succession to the following treaties.

SourceWatch Resources

 * Abu Ghraib / Camp Bucca
 * International Committee of the Red Cross
 * Legal Arguments for Avoiding the Jurisdiction of the Geneva Conventions
 * Operation Enduring Freedom
 * Operation Iraqi Freedom
 * Operation Iraqi Freedom: Year Two