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Final Act of the Diplomatic Conference. Geneva, 27 July 1929.
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The Diplomatic Conference of 1929 was convened by the Swiss Federal Council for the purpose of revising the Geneva Convention of 1906 and adopting a new convention in relation to the treatment of prisoners of war. The Conference, at which 47 governments were represented, lasted from 1-27 July 1929. The Final Act has no force of law.
     
 
Diplomatic Conference convened by The Swiss Federal Council with a view to the revision of the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field of 6 July 1906, and the elaboration of a Code relating to the Prisoners of War

01 -- 27.07.1929, Geneva

27.07.1929

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D.Schindler and J.Toman, The Laws of Armed Conflicts, Martinus Nihjoff Publisher, 1988, pp.321-323.

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