The 1949 Geneva Conventions

This book presents the full text of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, which are the cornerstone of international humanitarian law regulating armed conflict.

Edited by Andrew Clapham, Paola Gaeta, and Marco Sassòli, it provides authoritative access to these treaties that protect wounded soldiers, prisoners of war, and civilians during war.

The 1949 Conventions were developed in the aftermath of World War II to expand and update earlier humanitarian laws and remain central to contemporary debates on the laws of war.