First Geneva Convention
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The Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field, more commonly referred to as the First Geneva Convention or Geneva Convention I and abbreviated as GC
Henry Dunant, co-founder of the Red Cross
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16 million volunteers, members, and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health
First Geneva Convention
…of the Red Cross, which is both the instigator for the inception and enforcer of the articles in these conventions. Henry Dunant, co-founder of the Red Cross Application The convention "derived its obligatory force from the implied consent of the states which accepted and applied them in the conduct of their…
The Red Cross and Red Crescent emblems, the symbols from which the movement derives its name, Geneva, 2005
The Red Cross, after the Battle of Gravelotte in 1870
Henry Dunant, author of A Memory of Solferino
Original document of the First Geneva Convention, 1864