the Geneva Convention
noun
: an international law that explains how people who are wounded or taken prisoner during a war are supposed to be treated
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Newbie and veteran astronauts alike spend six weeks a year facing down Bessone, who oversees their robotics, engineering, software, and behavioral training—including the six-day cave stint, which isn’t far from violating the Geneva Convention.
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IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2011
The exceptional scale and duration of the effort has little comparison in modern warfare, and the forcible transfer of children, war crimes investigators point out, can be an act of genocide under the Geneva Convention.
—Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2023
Easy conquests ended in long, vicious counterinsurgency campaigns against local militias and radical Islamist fighters who knew the territory, who lived among the population and who did not obey the Geneva Convention or the rules of war.
—Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
While the world is appalled by the Hamas killings and will likely give Israel more time than in the past to defeat Hamas, there are already calls for Israel to obey the Geneva Convention and the rules of war, including from President Biden and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken.
—Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
Because white phosphorus can cause excruciating burns and long-term medical suffering, its use in populated areas violates the Geneva Convention’s requirement to take all feasible precautions to avoid civilian injury and loss of life.
—Sarah Yager, Foreign Affairs, 18 Oct. 2023
International Committee of the Red Cross: ICRC is a humanitarian organization that helps those affected by conflict around the world, with a mission that stems from the Geneva Convention of 1949.
—Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 13 Oct. 2023
President Biden has cautioned Mr. Netanyahu to respect the Geneva Convention and the rules of war, but Israel has already decided to cut off Gazans from electricity and water and bombed the official Rafah crossing to Egypt.
—Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
The Biden administration, meanwhile, has been debating whether to designate King as a prisoner of war, which could afford him greater protections under the Geneva Convention, defense officials told CNN.
—Gawon Bae, CNN, 15 Aug. 2023
IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2011
The exceptional scale and duration of the effort has little comparison in modern warfare, and the forcible transfer of children, war crimes investigators point out, can be an act of genocide under the Geneva Convention.
—Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2023
Easy conquests ended in long, vicious counterinsurgency campaigns against local militias and radical Islamist fighters who knew the territory, who lived among the population and who did not obey the Geneva Convention or the rules of war.
—Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
While the world is appalled by the Hamas killings and will likely give Israel more time than in the past to defeat Hamas, there are already calls for Israel to obey the Geneva Convention and the rules of war, including from President Biden and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken.
—Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
Because white phosphorus can cause excruciating burns and long-term medical suffering, its use in populated areas violates the Geneva Convention’s requirement to take all feasible precautions to avoid civilian injury and loss of life.
—Sarah Yager, Foreign Affairs, 18 Oct. 2023
International Committee of the Red Cross: ICRC is a humanitarian organization that helps those affected by conflict around the world, with a mission that stems from the Geneva Convention of 1949.
—Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 13 Oct. 2023
President Biden has cautioned Mr. Netanyahu to respect the Geneva Convention and the rules of war, but Israel has already decided to cut off Gazans from electricity and water and bombed the official Rafah crossing to Egypt.
—Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
The Biden administration, meanwhile, has been debating whether to designate King as a prisoner of war, which could afford him greater protections under the Geneva Convention, defense officials told CNN.
—Gawon Bae, CNN, 15 Aug. 2023
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