Law of war
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The law of war is the part of international law that regulates the conditions for initiating war and the conduct of hostilities. Laws of war define sovereignty and nationhood, states and territories,
The First Geneva Convention governing the sick and wounded members of armed forces was signed in 1864.
Gari Melchers War Highsmith
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
Law of war
…adopts the Lieber Code, a compilation of extant international norms on the treatment of civilians assembled by German scholar Franz Lieber. 1864: Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field 1868: the St. Petersburg Declaration, officially the Declaration…
Henry Dunant, co-founder of the Red Cross