Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols Quiz
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What do the Geneva Conventions provide protection for?

  • Only medical and religious personnel
  • Wounded, sick, medical personnel, and civilians in occupied territory
  • Wounded, sick, medical personnel, and prisoners of war (correct)
  • Wounded, sick, medical personnel, and civilians
  • Which Convention replaced the Hague Convention of 1907 for the Adaptation to Maritime Warfare of the Principles of the Geneva Convention?

  • Third Geneva Convention
  • Second Geneva Convention (correct)
  • First Geneva Convention
  • Fourth Geneva Convention
  • How many articles are specifically applicable to war at sea in the Second Geneva Convention?

  • 77 articles
  • 63 articles (correct)
  • 34 articles
  • 50 articles
  • In which Geneva Convention were the categories of persons entitled to prisoner of war status broadened?

    <p>Third Geneva Convention</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the principle established by the Third Geneva Convention regarding prisoners of war after the cessation of hostilities?

    <p>To release and repatriate them without delay</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was a significant consequence of the absence of a convention for the protection of civilians in wartime during World War II?

    <p>Increase in civilian casualties</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main purpose of the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols?

    <p>To establish rules and limits during armed conflicts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who specifically do the Geneva Conventions protect according to the text?

    <p>Civilians, medics, aid workers, wounded, sick, and shipwrecked troops</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do the Geneva Conventions call for with regards to breaches of the rules?

    <p>Mandatory trial for perpetrators of breaches</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what year was the fourth version of the Geneva Convention on the wounded and sick adopted?

    <p>1949</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who must be held accountable for grave breaches according to the Geneva Conventions?

    <p>Those responsible for grave breaches regardless of nationality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What aspect does the body of international law that includes the Geneva Conventions regulate?

    <p>Conduct during armed conflict</p> Signup and view all the answers

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