Geneva Conventions By: Maksim S. Yelkin Course: American Foreign Policy Professor: Ronald J. Brown Semester: Fall 2011 Date: 12/03/11 Introduction Now we live in relatively peaceful time‚ but it wasn’t always like that. All those wars were bloody‚ sometimes even too bloody‚ so people needed to create some rules. So those rules were created. Four Conventions for One Purpose Not everybody knows that‚ but there were four treaties‚ not just one. And even then‚ they were modified later
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The Fourth Geneva Convention was adopted in 1949‚ and it outlines a set of rules that concern the humanitarian protection for civilians in a war zone‚ and also outlaws the practice of a total war. It is considered as an improvement over the Hague Convention IV on the Law and Customs of War on Land‚ 1907. By virtue of Article 4 of the Fourth Geneva Convention‚ the application of this convention is limited to those people‚ who‚ at a given moment and in any manner‚ find themselves‚ in case of a conflict
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In 1937 the Arbitration (Protocol and Convention) Act 1937 was enacted to give effect to the Geneva Protocol on Arbitration Clauses 1923 and the convention on the execution of foreign Arbitral awards 1927 enabling them to become operative in India. The Geneva Convention Awards is incorporated under the 1996 Act in s. 53; section 57 lays down the conditions for enforcement of award. Accordingly a foreign award may be enforceable under Chapter II Part II of the Act‚ if it satisfies the following conditions:
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The laws of war The IHL and Geneva conventions are mainly known as the organizations that keep morals and sense in armed conflicts otherwise known as wars. These organizations place laws during war‚ if these laws hadn’t been put in place during 1949 I don’t think many of us would be here today. The main international agreements are the four Geneva Conventions of 1949. Nearly every country in the world is part of these treaties‚ they protect four different categories of war victims the wounded
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Differences between New York & Geneva Convention — Arbitration and Conciliation Act‚ 1996 Introduction In the past‚ statutory provisions on arbitration were contained in three different enactments‚ namely‚ The Arbitration Act‚ 1940‚ the Arbitration (Protocol and Convention) Act‚ 1937 and the Foreign Awards (Recognition and Enforcement) Act‚ 1961. The Arbitration Act laid down the framework within which domestic arbitration was conducted in India‚ while the other two Acts dealt with foreign awards
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201240 Fall 2012 CHPL 500-B03 LUO The Geneva Convention was a series of treaties signed (1864-1949) in Geneva‚ Switzerland. These treaties were supposed to define humane treatment of soldiers and civilians in wartime. The first convention‚ signed by 16 nations‚ covered the protection of sick and wounded soldiers and medical personnel and facilities. Conventions held in later years extended (1906) the first to naval warfare and covered (1929) the treatment
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in some areas it reliant on the constitutional conventions‚ even to dealing with substantial aspects of constitutional behavior. For example‚ the Queen should give the Royal assent to the Bill which has been properly passed by the Parliament. Unlike the America where have the codified constitution to rule the powers of president and his cabinet‚ the powers of minister in this country are broadly accounted by the ministerial responsibility convention. Even though the Great Britain is lack of written
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rules of international humanitarian law in armed conflicts The seven fundamental rules which are the basis of The Geneva Conventions and the Additional Protocols. This tex has been prepared for dissemination purposes and cannot in any circumstances serve as a substitute for the complete provisions of the international agreements - Extract from "Basic rules of the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols" [pic]1 - Persons hors de combat and those who do not take a direct part in hostilities
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2011. Dworkin‚ Anthony. The Geneva Convention and Prisoners of War. 2003. Retrieved from the world wide web at http://www.crimesofwar.org/special/Iraq/brief-pow.html Prisoners of War Chart. Retrieved from the World Wide Web at http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=prisoners+of+war&year_start=1800&year_end=2010&corpus=0&smoothing=3 Rummel‚ R.J. Understanding Conflict and War: Vol. 4:War‚ Power‚ Peace. Beverly Hills‚ CA: Sage Publications‚ 1979. The Geneva Convention.1949. Retrieved from the World
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have taken direct part in the conflict.” (Geneva Convention) War has impacted many societies as long as societies have been formed and many civilians have died in time of war. The Geneva conventions were formed after many societies faced devastating consequences in wartime. As of today there is no place that the Geneva Convention international laws are not applicable. Over 192 countries have agreed to the treaty and international law of the Geneva conventions and their additional protocols have created
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