Mrs. Ruland's U.S. History Class Project
Geneva Protocol of 1925
The Geneva Conventions all took place in Geneva, Switzerland. There has been four conventions in all but the most known and talked about convention was the Fourth and last convention. The Geneva Codes created at the Conventions normally talk about war time rules and regulations or ways of keeping the peace. Many Geneva Codes were created during the war to help POWs and civilians. The Geneva Conventions and their Codes help keep peace and help people who are in danger during war time.
This web site provides a summary of all the Geneva Conventions, along with links to every article of the Geneva Codes. This gave the detailed code written during all of the Conventions.
Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
This web site provides all four Geneva Codes, and every article in them. This gave more insight onto the four codes than the other sources.
This web site provides an in depth summary of the Geneva codes. It also puts the articles into more simple terms for researchers to understand.
The Geneva Conventions: the Core of International Humanitarian Law
This web site provides a summary of the conventions. It also gave detailed background information on each one.
Society of Professional Journalists: Geneva Conventions
This site has an alphabetical index, which allows you to find how the Geneva Codes impact anything you look up. It allows you to search the massive site on information of the Geneva Codes’ impact.
This site explains what the Geneva Codes do, and the importance of them. It also puts them in simple terms. This site overall explains what the Geneva Codes do as a whole.
This site is a detailed description of what happened and what was said during the Fourth Geneva Convention. The Fourth is the most known and talked about so it is useful to know about.
This web site provides a brief summary of the Geneva Codes. It also relates the Geneva Codes to modern day laws, such as the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the War Crimes Act of 1996.
This site provides some excerpts from the Geneva Codes. The writer of the web page also provides background information on the codes, along with discussion on them.
This site explains in detail some of the articles of the Geneva Codes. It explains the regulations used for protecting civilians.
This web site provides the original Geneva Convention of 1949, retyped in its original version.
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