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Geneva Convention

Total questions: 5

Worksheet time: 3mins

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1.

A major part of international humanitarian law is contained in the ______ that have been adopted by all nations in the world. The Conventions have been expanded and supplemented by two further agreements: the Additional Protocols of 1977, relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts, and the 2005 Additional Protocol III, relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem

a)

four Geneva Conventions of 1948

b)

four Geneva Conventions of 1979

c)

four Geneva Conventions of 1949

d)

four Geneva Conventions of 1969

2.

These Conventions provide specific rules to safeguard combatants, or members of the armed forces, who are _______, prisoners of war, and civilians, as well as medical personnel, military chaplains and civilian support workers of the military

a)

stuck in the submarine

b)

wounded, sick or shipwrecked

c)

kidnapped by pirates

d)

spies

3.

The development of modern international humanitarian law is credited to the efforts of 19th century Swiss businessman ______. In1859, Henry witnessed the after math of a bloody battle between French and Austrian armies in Solferino, Italy. The departing armies left a battlefield littered with wounded and dying men.Despite Henry's valiant efforts to mobilize aid for the soldiers, thousands died.

a)

Henry Ford

b)

Henry Potter

c)

Henry Dunant

d)

King Henry IV

4.

A group known as the Committee of Five, which later became the ________, formed in Geneva in 1863 to act on Dunant’s suggestion. Dunant also suggested a formal agreement between nations “for the relief of the wounded.”

a)

International Committee of War

b)

International Committee of the Red Cross

c)

International Committee of Humanity

d)

International Committee of Relief

5.

International humanitarian law (IHL) is a set of rules that seek for humanitarian reasons to limit the effects of armed conflict. IHL protects persons who are not or who are no longer participating in hostilities and it restricts the means and methods of warfare. IHL is also known as the

a)

law of war and the law of armed conflict

b)

law of war and the law of humanity

c)

law of war and the law of conflict

d)

law of war and the law of peace