KONVENCIJA O POBOLJŠANJU SUDBINE VOJNIH RANJENIKA U VOJSKAMA U RATU OD 22. AVGUSTA 1864. GODINE
CONVENTION FOR THE AMELIORATION OF THE CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED IN ARMIES IN THE FIELD, GENEVA, 22nd AUGUST 1864
Author(s): Jelena Đ. Lopičić JančićSubject(s): History of Law, International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Military history, 19th Century
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Београду
Keywords: Geneva Convention for Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field, J. Henry Dunant; International Red Cross; wounded and sick;
Summary/Abstract: Geneva Convention for Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field, from August 22nd 1864 is considered as the first major international instrument of military law, which protects wounded and sick. The Convention consists of 10 Articles. Origin of this Geneva Convention is related to the International Red Cross in Geneva, as well as its founder Swiss writer J. Henry Dunant. On June 24th, 1859, Dunant found himself in Northern Italy and witnessed the Battle of Solferino. Dunant immediately began organizing local inhabitants to carry the wounded from the battlefield. They were taken to local churches where local doctors and their assistants and nurses helped relieve their suffering and this was the idea for writing this Convention.
Journal: CRIMEN - časopis za krivične nauke
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 107-115
- Page Count: 9
- Language: Serbian