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GENEVA CONVENTION
FOR THE AMELIORATION OF THE
CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED AND SICK
IN ARMED FORCES IN THE FIELD
OF 12 AUGUST 1949
CHAPTER I
General Provisions
Article 1
Respect for the Convention .......................................................
Article 2
Application of the Convention ..................................................
Article 3
Conflicts not of an international character ...............................
Article 4
Application by neutral Powers...................................................
Article 5
Duration of application .............................................................
Article 6
Special agreements.....................................................................
Article 7
Non-renunciation of rights........................................................
Article 8
Protecting Powers ......................................................................
Article 9
Activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross ....
Article 10
Substitutes for Protecting Powers ..............................................
Article 11
Conciliation procedure ..............................................................
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CHAPTER II
Wounded and Sick
Article 12
Protection and care....................................................................
Article 13
Protected persons.......................................................................
Article 14
Status ..........................................................................................
Article 15
Search for casualties. Evacuation...............................................
Article 16
Recording and forwarding of information................................
Article 17
Prescriptions regarding the dead. Graves Registration Service
Article 18
Role of the population ...............................................................
CHAPTER III
Medical Units and Establishments
Article 19
Protection...................................................................................
Article 20
Protection of hospital ships .......................................................
Article 21
Discontinuance of protection of medical establishments
and units.....................................................................................
Article 22
Conditions not depriving medical units
and establishments of protection ..............................................
Article 23
Hospital zones and localities .....................................................
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