The Second Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea is one of the four treaties of the Geneva Conventions.[1] The Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea was first adopted in 1949, replacing the Hague Convention (X) of 1907.[2] It adapts the main protective regime of the First Geneva Convention to combat at sea.[3]
Parties to GC I–IV and P I–III
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Parties to GC I–IV and P I–II
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Parties to GC I–IV and P I and III
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Parties to GC I–IV and P I
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Parties to GC I–IV and P III
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Parties to GC I–IV and no P
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The treaty is a lengthy document consisting of 63 articles. The most essential provisions of the treaty are:
For a detailed discussion of each article of the treaty, see the original text[4] and the commentary.[5] There are currently 196 countries party to the 1949 Geneva Conventions, including this second treaty but also including the other three.[6]
The undersigned Plenipotentiaries of the Governments represented at the Diplomatic Conference held at Geneva from April 21 to August 12, 1949, for the purpose of revising the Xth Hague Convention of October 18, 1907 for the Adaptation to Maritime Warfare of the Principles of the Geneva Convention of 1906 [...]
