International Humanitarian Law - Treaties & Documents

Treaties & Documents by topic Treaties & Documents by date Treaties & Documents by Country 1949 Conventions & Additional Protocols, & their Commentaries		Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea. Geneva, 12 August 1949. Articles [Introduction][Full text][Commentaries] Preamble Art. 1 - Respect for the Convention Art. 2 - Application of the Convention Art. 3 - Conflicts not of an international character Art. 4 - Field of application Art. 5 - Application by neutral powers Art. 6 - Special agreements Art. 7 - Non-renunciation of rights Art. 8 - Protecting powers Art. 9 - Activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross Art. 10 - Substitutes for Protecting Powers Art. 11 - Conciliation procedure Art. 12 - Protection and care Art. 13 - Protected persons Art. 14 - Handing over to a belligerent Art. 15 - Wounded taken on board a neutral warship Art. 16 - Wounded falling into enemy hands Art. 17 - Wounded landed in a neutral port Art. 18 - Search for casualties after an engagement Art. 19 - Recording and forwarding of information Art. 20 - Prescriptions regarding the dead Art. 21 - Appeals to neutral vessels Art. 22 - Notification and protection of military hospital ships Art. 23 - Protection of medical establishments ashore Art. 24 - Hospital ships utilized by relief societies and private individuals of I. Parties to the conflict Art. 25 - Hospital ships utilized by relief societies and private individuals of II. Neutral countries Art. 26 - Tonnage Art. 27 - Costal rescue craft Art. 28 - Protection of sick-bays Art. 29 - Hospital ships in occupied ports Art. 30 - Employment of hospital ships and small craft Art. 31 - Right of control and search Art. 32 - Stay in a neutral port Art. 33 - Converted merchant vessels Art. 34 - Discontinuance of protection Art. 35 - Conditions not depriving hospital ships of protection Art. 36 - Protection of the personnel of hospital ships Art. 37 - Medical and religious personnel of other ships Art. 38 - Ships used for the conveyance of medical equipment Art. 39 - Medical aircraft Art. 40 - Flight over neutral countries. Landing of wounded Art. 41 - Use of the emblem Art. 42 - Identification of medical and religious personnel Art. 43 - Marking of hospital ships and small craft Art. 44 - Limitation in the use of markings Art. 45 - Prevention of misuse Art. 46 - Detailed execution. Unforseen cases Art. 47 - Prohibition of reprisals Art. 48 - Dissemination of the Convention Art. 49 - Translations. Rules of application Art. 50 - Penal sanctions. I. Genral observations Art. 51 - Penal sanctions. II. Grave Breaches Art. 52 - Penal sanctions. III. Responsibilities of the Contracting Parties Art. 53 - Enquiry procedure Art. 54 - Languages Art. 55 - Signature Art. 56 - Ratification Art. 57 - Coming into force Art. 58 - Relation to the 1907 Convention Art. 59 - Accession Art. 60 - Notification of accessions Art. 61 - Immediate effect Art. 62 - Denunciation Art. 63 - Registration with the United Nations Annex - Identity card for members of medical and religious personnel attached to the armed forces at sea
		top