Geneva Conventions and the Additional Protocols.

The first Geneva Convention of 1864 concerned exclusively the nursing of the wounded soldiers. Later, law was formed in order to include the hostilities at sea and the prisoners of war.

In 1949, the Conventions were adapted and extended:

1^st Convention

Wounded soldiers in the battlefield

2^nd Convention

Wounded and shipwrecked members of armed forces in sea

3^rd Convention

Prisoners of war

4^th Convention

Civilians under enemy occupation

In 1977, two Additional Protocols were adopted:

1^st Protocol

International conflicts

2^nd Protocol

Non-international conflicts

In 2005, the Additional Protocol 3 was adopted:

3^rd Protocol

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