Présentation - Geneva Convention Wounded & Sick 1929

i n t r o d u c t i o n

Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field. Geneva, 27 July 1929.

General title

Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1929.

Forum of adoption

Diplomatic Conference convened by The Swiss Federal Council with a view to the revision of the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field of 6 July 1906, and the elaboration of a Code relating to the Prisoners of War

In force

yes

Entry into force

19.06.1931

The Convention on the wounded and sick of 1929 represents the third version of the Geneva Convention after those of 1864 and 1906. It was based on the experience of World War I. The alterations which were adopted were of lesser importance than those of 1906. The division into chapters and articles remained essentially unchanged. New provisions were inserted concerning the protection of medical aircraft and the use of the distinctive emblem in time of peace. Furthermore, the emblems of the red crescent and of the red lion and sun were recognized for countries which already used those signs in place of the red cross. The provisions concerning repatriation of the seriously wounded and seriously sick prisoners were transferred to the Convention on prisoners of war. The Convention of 1929 was replaced by the Geneva Convention (I) of 1949.

Meetings of forum

01.07.1929 - 27.07.1929, Geneva

Dade of adoption

27.07.1929

Depositary

Switzerland

Number of articles

Authentic text

French

Source

D.Schindler and J.Toman, The Laws of Armed Conflicts, Martinus Nihjoff Publisher, 1988, pp.326-334.

Keywords

WAR ON LAND; PROTECTION; WOUNDED; SICK; WAR VICTIM; MEDICAL UNIT; MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION; MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT; MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; RELIGIOUS PERSONNEL; ARMED FORCES; COMBATANT; SIGN; RED CRESCENT; RED LION AND SUN; INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICT; RED CROSS; AIRCRAFT