GENEVA CONVENTIONS OF 1949
Geneva Conventions of 1949 (j<<schwa>>-nee-v<<schwa>>). Four international agreements
dealing with the protection of wounded members of the armed forces, the treatment of prisoners of
war, and the protection of civilians during international armed conflicts. • Common Article 3 of
the Conventions proclaims certain minimum standards of treatment that are applicable to
noninternational armed conflicts. The humanitarian-law protection established in these four
agreements was amplified in 1977 by the two Protocols Additional to the Geneva Con-ventions. In
common parlance, people refer to the Geneva Convention as if there were just one agreement.
[Cases: Treaties 8. C.J.S. Treaties § 6.] [Blacks Law 8th]