Geneva Convention: Meaning and Definition of

Gene'va Conven"tion

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  1. one of a series of international agreements, first made in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1864, establishing rules for the humane treatment of prisoners of war and of the sick, the wounded, and the dead in battle.
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