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GENEVA CONVENTION
FOR THE AMELIORATION OF THE
CONDITION OF WOUNDED, SICK
AND SHIPWRECKED MEMBERS OF ARMED
FORCES AT SEA 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
Field of application ....................................................................
Article 5
Application by neutral Powers...................................................
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, Sick and Shipwrecked
Article 12
Protection and care....................................................................
Article 13
Protected persons.......................................................................
Article 14
Handing over to a belligerent ....................................................
Article 15
Wounded taken on board a neutral warship.............................
Article 16
Wounded falling into enemy hands...........................................
Article 17
Wounded landed in a neutral port ............................................
Article 18
Search for casualties after an engagement ................................
Article 19
Recording and forwarding of information................................
Article 20
Prescriptions regarding the dead...............................................
Article 21
Appeals to neutral vessels ..........................................................
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CHAPTER III
Hospital Ships
Article 22
Notification and protection of military hospital ships .............
Article 23
Protection of medical establishments ashore............................
Article 24
Hospital ships utilized by relief societies
and private individuals of: I. Parties to the conflict ..................
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