Question

When and why were the Geneva Convention adopted?​

Answer 1

• ɢᴇɴᴇᴠᴀ ᴄᴏɴᴠᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴs, ᴀ sᴇʀɪᴇs ᴏғ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛɪᴇs ᴄᴏɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇᴅ ɪɴ ɢᴇɴᴇᴠᴀ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ 1864 ᴀɴᴅ 1949 ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴜʀᴘᴏsᴇ ᴏғ ᴀᴍᴇʟɪᴏʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇғғᴇᴄᴛs ᴏғ ᴡᴀʀ ᴏɴ sᴏʟᴅɪᴇʀs ᴀɴᴅ ᴄɪᴠɪʟɪᴀɴs.

Answer 2

Explanation:

12 August 1949

In 1949, an international conference of diplomats built on the earlier treaties for the protection of war victims, revising and updating them into four new conventions comprising 429 articles of law—known as the Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949.