Editing First Geneva Convention (section)

{{Infobox treaty
| name = First Geneva Cоnvention
| long_name = Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field
| image = Original Geneva Conventions.jpg
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| caption = The first-ever Geneva Convention governing the sick and wounded members of armed forces was signed in [[Geneva]] in August 1864.
| type = Multilateral treaty
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| date_signed = {{Start date|df=y|1864|8|22}}
| location_signed = {{Flag|Geneva}}, {{Flag|Switzerland|1803}}
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| date_effective = {{start date|1865|6|22|df=y}}
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| parties = [[List of parties to the Geneva Conventions|List]]
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| depositor = [[Swiss Federal Archives]]
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| wikisource = First Geneva Convention (1864)
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{{short description|First of four treaties of the Geneva Conventions, adopted in 1864}}
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The '''First Geneva Convention''', officially the '''Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field''' ({{Langx|fr|Convention pour l'amélioration du sort des blessés et des malades dans les forces armées en campagne}}), held on 22 August 1864, is the first of four [[treaties]] of the [[Geneva Conventions]].<ref name="IRRC">{{cite journal |date=1966 |title=The First Geneva Convention of 1864: a historic document |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-review-of-the-red-cross-1961-1997/article/first-geneva-convention-of-1864-a-historic-document/07148A69FF4253CC37ACBC7C044CDC93 |journal=International Review of the Red Cross |volume=6 |issue=67 |pages=International Review of the Red Cross |access-date=25 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="Bennettx">{{cite book |last=Bennett |first=Angela |date=2005 |title=The Geneva Convention, the Hidden Origins of the Red Cross |publisher=Sutton Publishing |page=x |isbn=978-0750941471}}</ref> It defines "the basis on which rest the rules of international law for the protection of the victims of armed conflicts."<ref name=pictet>{{Citation | last = Pictet | first = Jean S. | title = The New Geneva Conventions for the Protection of War Victims | journal = The American Journal of International Law | year = 1951 | volume = 45 | issue = 3 | pages = 462–475 | doi=10.2307/2194544| jstor = 2194544 }}</ref> 

After the first treaty was adopted in 1864, it was significantly revised and replaced in 1906, 1929, and finally 1949. It is inextricably linked to the [[International Committee of the Red Cross]], which is both the instigator for the inception and enforcer of the articles in these conventions.