Geneva Convention
noun[S]
uk/dʒəˌniː.və kənˈven.ʃən/us/dʒəˈniː.və kənˌven.ʃən/the Geneva Convention
a set ofagreements,acceptedby manycountries, thatestablishhowpeopleshould betreatedwhen they areprisonersin awar:
As aprisonerofwar, he isentitledtocertainrightsunder theGenevaConvention.
Theseoffenceswere inbreachof theGenevaConvention.
- According to theGenevaConvention, thetransferofprisonersisprohibitedwhen there is ariskofmistreatment.
- Thefightersthat werecapturedhad nolegalrightsunder theGenevaConvention.
- Article53 of theGenevaConventionbansanydestructionofpropertyby anoccupyingpower.
War
- antebellum
- anti-militarism
- asymmetric warfare
- battle-scarred
- bellicose
- conflagration
- footing
- germ warfare
- gung-ho
- holy war
- scorched-earth policy
- SDI
- sinew
- sinews of waridiom
- smokescreen
- the Great War
- the Second World War
- world war
- World War I
- World War II
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