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What do the Geneva Conventions provide protection for?
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?
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?
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?
In which Geneva Convention were the categories of persons entitled to prisoner of war status broadened?
What is the principle established by the Third Geneva Convention regarding prisoners of war after the cessation of hostilities?
What is the principle established by the Third Geneva Convention regarding prisoners of war after the cessation of hostilities?
What was a significant consequence of the absence of a convention for the protection of civilians in wartime during World War II?
What was a significant consequence of the absence of a convention for the protection of civilians in wartime during World War II?
What is the main purpose of the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols?
What is the main purpose of the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols?
Who specifically do the Geneva Conventions protect according to the text?
Who specifically do the Geneva Conventions protect according to the text?
What do the Geneva Conventions call for with regards to breaches of the rules?
What do the Geneva Conventions call for with regards to breaches of the rules?
In what year was the fourth version of the Geneva Convention on the wounded and sick adopted?
In what year was the fourth version of the Geneva Convention on the wounded and sick adopted?
Who must be held accountable for grave breaches according to the Geneva Conventions?
Who must be held accountable for grave breaches according to the Geneva Conventions?
What aspect does the body of international law that includes the Geneva Conventions regulate?
What aspect does the body of international law that includes the Geneva Conventions regulate?
