IRRC No. 242
Technical Note on the Protocols of 8 June 1977 Additional to the Geneva Conventions
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Abstract
The first Geneva Convention was signed in 1864. It dealt with the protection of the military sick and the wounded on the battlefield.In 1899, thanks to The Hague Conventions, protection was extended to military wounded, sick and shipwrecked persons during maritime warfare.