Geneva Protocol

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end battles fairly quickly. These weapons are so strong that they have been banned from production by different treaties such as the Geneva Protocol to end Chemical Warfare. This was a real threat to all people even civilians the thought of dying choking on yellow smoke and just struggling to breathe is a horrible way to go out for most people. The Geneva Protocol was a treaty to make war less terrifying because of this treaty all of the countries that had chemical weapons stocked up and ready…

Conference of the Red Cross in Vienna on 1965. But then this principles were revised which the text contained in the Statutes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and adopted by the 25th International Conference of the Red Cross, Geneva, 1986. There were seven fundamental principles that highlighted by this committee in order to serve people in needs. The first is, the principle of Humanity. As everyone concerned, ICRC’s main purpose is to protect civilian from any threat…

The Geneva Convention is the prohibition of the use of asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare. Most of the gases banned are colorless, tasteless, and even odorless. Why would you need a gas that can kill people without…

political, and security issue” (p. 9). A suspected terrorist’s classification can make him or her eligible for specific protections or rights such as those covered in the third Geneva Convention which outlines codes of behavior for the treatment of prisoners of war. Those who are protected under the Geneva Convention’s protocols must have the same rights afforded to them as the soldiers of the country which has custody of the combatant. What this essentially means is that in the United…

in the 1930s Japan developed and tested biological weapons against prisoners in China (Lee). The Geneva Protocol which was created in 1925 is a treaty that bans the use of these weapons, bans stockpiling them, and transferring them. The U.S. was reluctant reluctant to ratify international agreements banning the use, production, and storage of chemical weapons and they did not ratify the Geneva protocol for almost 50 years (Lee). This is a perfect example of how you can see that the U.S. does…

white background. This treaty was known as the Geneva Convention which is only concerned with wounded soldiers. This convention was replaced by a second Geneva Convention in 1906, a third one in 1929 and a fourth one in 1949. In 1906, the convention was extended and amended by the creation of a second Geneva Convention on wounded and sick. This was replaced by a third Geneva Convention in 1929 but remained active until 1970. In 1929, the third Geneva Convention dealt with the prisoners of war…

Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacterial Methods of Warfare (Geneva Protocol) was penned and signed on 17 June, 1925. This was a treaty signed by the Allies at the close of World War I, which was actually just an extension and re-verification of the Treaty of Versailles (signed in 1919) prior to WWI. The Geneva Protocol furthered the Treaty of Versailles in that it expanded the weapons ban to include a ban on bacteriological…

The Geneva Conventions refer to two types of armed conflict—“international armed conflict” and “non-international armed conflict”—but do not define the term “armed conflict” and do not provide definitive answers in peripheral situations of conflict, such as those involving a State and a transnational terrorist network. However, the Geneva Conventions do not operate in a vacuum but function in conjunction with other bodies…

Following the Geneva Convention documents of 1929, prisoners of war were supposed to be treated in a very particular and respectful way. Instead of being treated as inferior, prisoners were supposed to be treated in ethnic ways, live in healthy conditions and be fed. Unfortunately, for Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner and also an American fighter pilot was taken prisoner by the Japanese during World War II. After barely surviving in the pacific ocean on a raft for 47 days, Zamperini was taken…