Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 March 2017
The Conference adopted the Protocols by consensus on June 8, 1977. They were submitted to governments for consideration and were opened to signature on December 12, 1977, at Berne, for a period of twelve months.
Convention for the Amelioration of the Conditions of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, dated at Geneva, Aug. 12, 1949, 6 UST 3114, TIAS No. 3362, 75 UNTS 31; Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked Members of the Armed Forces at Sea, dated at Geneva, Aug. 12, 1949, 6 UST 3217, TIAS No. 3363, 75 UNTS 85; Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, dated at Geneva, Aug. 12, 1949, 6 UST 3316, TIAS No. 3364, 75 UNTS 135; Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, dated at Geneva, Aug. 12, 1949, 6 UST 3516, TIAS No. 3365, 75 UNTS 287.
* The Conference adopted the Protocols by consensus on June 8, 1977. They were submitted to governments for consideration and were opened to signature on December 12, 1977, at Berne, for a period of twelve months.
* Convention for the Amelioration of the Conditions of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, dated at Geneva, Aug. 12, 1949, 6 UST 3114, TIAS No. 3362, 75 UNTS 31; Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked Members of the Armed Forces at Sea, dated at Geneva, Aug. 12, 1949, 6 UST 3217, TIAS No. 3363, 75 UNTS 85; Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, dated at Geneva, Aug. 12, 1949, 6 UST 3316, TIAS No. 3364, 75 UNTS 135; Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, dated at Geneva, Aug. 12, 1949, 6 UST 3516, TIAS No. 3365, 75 UNTS 287.