I. Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, 1949

Approved on August 12, 1949 by the Diplomatic Conference to Develop International Conventions for the Protection of War Victims, held in Geneva from April 12 to August 12, 1949. Entry into force: October 21, 1950.TheFirst Geneva Convention, which comprises theGeneva Convention for the improvement of the lot of wounded soldiers in armies in the fieldof 1864, updated in the following conventions of1906,1929and 1949.