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First Geneva Convention — Birth of International Humanitarian Law

1864 AD · Transmission: Global
LawEventInternational

Following Henry Dunant's account of Solferino (1862) and Gustave Moynier's organizing, the 1864 Geneva Convention becomes the first binding international treaty protecting wounded soldiers, founding modern international humanitarian law and the ICRC.

InstitutionInternational Committee of the Red Cross
Historical regionGeneva, Switzerland
Primary sourceGeneva Convention (Aug 22, 1864)
Secondary sourceICRC.org; Wikipedia
Original languageFrench
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