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Progress of the Geneva Conventions of 1949

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2017

Abstract

The remarkable achievement of the Conference on Protection of Victims of War, which sat at Geneva from April 21 to August 12,1949, stands out as a landmark in the history of international legislation. It was possible only because of a long and patient course of preparation, chiefly due to the efforts of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

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Current Notes
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1951

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References

1 Texts published by the International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, 1949; also in State Department Publication No. 3938 (General Foreign Policy Series, 34, August, 1950). For a description of the conventions, see article by Jean S. Pictet in this JOURNAL, Vol. 45 (1951), p. 462.

2 82nd Cong., 1 Sess., Senate Doc, Exec. D, E, F, G.