Decree No. 65 / 1954 Coll.
Decree of 12 August 1949 on the Geneva Conventions for the Protection of War Victims
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65.
Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs
of 15 December 1954
on the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 for the Protection of the Victims of War.
At a diplomatic conference held in Geneva from 21 April to 12 August 1949 for the purpose of negotiating international agreements to protect the victims of wars, the following international acts were negotiated and signed on 12 August 1949:
1. The Final Act of the Diplomatic Conference convened for the Revision of the Geneva Convention of 27 July 1929 on the Improvement of the Fate of the Wounded and Disabled in the Armies in the Field, the Hague Convention of 18 October 1907 on the Adaptation of the Principles of the Geneva Convention of 6 July 1906 to the Maritime War and the Convention concluded in Geneva on 27 July 1929 on the Treatment of Prisoners of War and the Convention on the Protection of Civilian Persons during War.
2. Geneva Convention to improve the fate of wounded and ill members of the armed forces in the field.
3. Geneva Convention to improve the fate of wounded, sick and survivors of the armed forces at sea.
4. Geneva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
5. Geneva Convention for the Protection of Civilian Persons during the War.
Pursuant to Article 58 of the Convention on the Improvement of the Fates of the Armed Forces of the Wounded and Diseased Forces in the Field and similar Articles of the other Conventions, these Conventions became effective six months after at least two instruments of ratification were deposited, i.e. 21 October 1950.
Czechoslovakia did
(a) the conventions referred to under No 2 and 3 reservations concerning Article 10 of each of the two conventions;
(b) the conventions referred to under No 4 with respect to Articles 10, 12 and 85; and
(c) the conventions referred to under No 5 with respect to Articles 11 and 45.
On 22 February 1950, the National Assembly gave its consent to the reservations made at the time of signature. The conventions were approved by the President of the Republic on 26 September 1950 and the instruments of ratification of Czechoslovakia were deposited with the Swiss Federal Council on 19 December 1950. During ratification, Czechoslovakia confirmed the reservations attached to the signature. Pursuant to Article 58 of the Geneva Convention on the Improvement of the Fate of the wounded and sick members of the armed forces in the Field and similar provisions of the other Conventions, four of the aforementioned Conventions of International Efficiency for the Czechoslovak Republic became effective on 19 June 1951.
Pursuant to Article 59 of the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 on the Improvement of the Fate of the wounded and sick members of the armed forces in the Field, this Convention replaces, in relations between the Contracting Parties to the Convention of 22 August 1864, 6 July 1906 and 27 July 1929.
Pursuant to Article 58 of the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 on the Improvement of the Fate of the wounded, sick and survivors of the armed forces at sea, the Convention replaces the Convention of 18 October 1907 in relations between the Contracting Parties to the Convention of the Hague on the Adaptation of the Principles of the Geneva Convention of 1906 to the Maritime War.
Pursuant to Article 134 of the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 on the Treatment of Prisoners, this Convention replaces, in relations between the Contracting Parties, the Convention of 27 July 1929 and Article 135 of the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 on the Treatment of Prisoners, that Convention, in relations between powers bound by the Hague Convention on the Law and the Conventions of Ground War (whether it be the Convention of 29 July 1899 or the Convention of 18 October 1907) and which are Contracting Parties to the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 on the Treatment of Prisoners, Title II of the Order annexed to the Hague Convention.
Pursuant to Article 154 of the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 on the Protection of Civilian Persons in the War, this Convention will be supplemented by that Convention in relations between powers bound by the Hague Convention on the Laws and Forms of Ground War (whether it be the Convention of 29 July 1899 or the Convention of 18 October 1907) and which are Contracting Parties to the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 on the Protection of Civilian Persons in the War, Part II and III of the Order, annexed to those Hague Conventions.
Authentic texts of the English and French Final Act and four Geneva Conventions with annexes and reservations to them together with the Czech translation are announced as separate parts of the Annex to the Collection of Laws. *)
In addition to Czechoslovakia, until now the following States are bound by the above Conventions:
Switzerland, Jugoslavia, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Chile, India, Vatican, Philippines, Lebanon, Jordan, Pakistan (which has not mentioned the reservations made during the signing of the Geneva Convention on the Protection of Civilian Persons in the War), the South African Union, Guatemala, Spain (whose instruments of ratification of the Geneva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of the Federal Republic of Russia, France, Israel, Norway, Italy), Egypt, Mexico, El Salvador, Luxembourg (which did not mention the first reservations made during the signing), Belgium (which extended the use of the Geneva Conventions to protect the victims of the war to the territory of the Belgian Congo and Ruanda- Sudan), Egypt, Mexico, El Salvador, Luxembourg (which has rectified their reservations), Austria, San Marino, South Vietnam, Nicaragua, Sweden, Turkey, the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of the Republic of
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Annex to the Foreign Minister's Order of 15 December 1954 on Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 for the Protection of the Victims of War.
FINAL ACP
DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE
convened for revision
the Geneva Convention of 27 July 1929 on the Improvement of the Fate of the Wounded and Sick in the Armies in the Field,
The Hague Convention of 18 October 1907 on the Adaptation of the Principles of the Geneva Convention of 6 July 1906 to the Maritime War,
the Convention concluded in Geneva on 27 July 1929 on the treatment of prisoners of war,
and to negotiate
conventions for the protection of civilians during the war.
(Translation)
FINAL ACP
DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE
convened for revision
the Geneva Convention of 27 July 1929 on the Improvement of the Fate of the Wounded and Sick in the Armies in the Field,
The Hague Convention of 18 October 1907 on the Adaptation of the Principles of the Geneva Convention of 6 July 1906 to the Maritime War,
Convention concluded in Geneva on 27 July 1929 on the treatment of prisoners of war
and to negotiate
conventions for the protection of civilians during the war.
Conference convened by the Swiss Federal Council for Revision
the Geneva Convention of 27 July 1929 on the Improvement of the Fate of the Wounded and Sick in the Armies in the Field,
The Hague Convention of 18 October 1907 on the Adaptation of the Principles of the Geneva Convention of 6 July 1906 to the Maritime War,
the Convention concluded in Geneva on 27 July 1929 on the treatment of prisoners of war, and
to negotiate the Convention on the Protection of Civilian Persons during the War
It acted in Geneva from 21 April to 12 August 1949 on the basis of four draft conventions discussed and approved by XVII. the International Conference of the Red Cross, held in Stockholm.
The Conference agreed on the following conventions:
I. Geneva Conventions to improve the fate of wounded and ill members of the armed forces in the field;
II. Geneva conventions to improve the fate of wounded, sick and survivors of the armed forces at sea;
III the Geneva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War;
IV. Geneva Convention for the Protection of Civilian Persons during the War.
These conventions, the text of which has been drawn up in French and English languages, are annexed to this Act. The official translation of these conventions into Spanish and Russian will be taken by the Swiss Federal Council.
In addition, the Conference adopted 11 Resolutions, which are also attached to this Act. 1)
To prove the signature, duly authorised by their governments, they signed this final act.
In Geneva, 12 August 1949, in French and English. The original and the documents accompanying it shall be kept in the archives of the Swiss Conference.
For AFGANISTAN:
M. Osman Amiri
N. Bammate
Mohammed Ali Cherzad
For the Albanian People's Republic:
Halim Budo
For ARGENTIN:
B. Llambi
Guillermo A. Speroni
For AUSTRALII:
W. R. Hodgson
For AUSTRIA:
Dr Rud Bluehdorn
For BELGIUM:
Maurice Bourquin
H. Adam
M. Mineur
R. du Moulin
Under the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic:
I sign with the attached reservation 2)
I. Kucínikov
The President
Tun Hla Oung
For BRAZILII:
Joao Pinto da Silva
For the People's Republic of BULGARIA:
K.B. Svetlov
For CANADA:
Emile Vaillancourt
Max H. Wershof
For CHILE:
F. Cisternas Ortiz
Ramon Rodriguez
Behind CHINA:
Wu Nan-Ju
For Columbo:
Rafael Rocha Schloss
For COSTA-RICU:
M. Bourla
For KUBU:
J. de la Luz León
For DENMARK:
Georg Cohn
Paul Ipsen
Bagge
For EGYPT:
A. K. Safwat
M. S. Guenen
For ECUADOR:
Alex.Gastelú
For SPAIN:
Luis Calderón
Marquis de Villalobar
For the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
Leland Harrison
Raymund J. Yingling
For HABesh:
Gachaou Zelleke
For FINLAND:
V. Ahokas
For FRANCE:
Albert Lamarle
Dr Pierre Puyo
G. Cahen- Salvador
For Greece:
R. Ax. Agathocles
For GUATEMALU:
A. Dupont-Willemin
For the HUNGARY REPUBLIC:
Dr G. Haraszti
Kara Anna
For INDII:
B. M. Rao Colonel
P. N. Haksar
R. A. Narayanan
For IRAN:
Abdol Hossein Meykadah
For the Republic of IRELAND:
Michael Rynne
George P. Hodnett
William M. Cashman
For IZRAEL:
Maurice Fischer
Zvi Loker
For ITALI:
Giacinto Auriti
Ettore Baistrocchi
Mario Peruzzi
Adolfo Maresca
For LIBANON:
Mikaoui
For LIECHTENSTEIN:
Count F. Wilczek
For LUXEMBOURG:
J. Sturm
For MEXIKO:
Pedro de Alba
T. Sánchez-Hernandez
J. Orozco
_
M. Loze
For NICARAGUU:
Lifschitz
For NORWAY:
Rolf Andersen
FOR NEW ZEALAND:
R. Quentin-Baxter
For PAKISTAN:
S. M. A. Faruki, M. G.
A. H. Shaikh
NETHERLANDS:
J. Bosch de Rosenthal
For Peru:
Gonzalo Pizarro
For POLAND:
Stanislaw Kalina
For PORTUGAL:
General Luiz Pinto Lello
For the Romanian People's Republic:
E. Luca
Dr V. Dimitriu
Octavian Fenesan
FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITANIA AND NORTHERN IRELAND:
Robert Craig
W. H. Gardner
For VATIKAN:
Paul Bertoli
Charles Comte
For SWEDEN:
Staffan Söderblom
For SWITZERLAND:
Max Petitpierre
Colonel div. du Pasquier
Plinio Bolla
Ph. Zutter
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree No. 65 / 1954 Coll., on the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 for the Protection of War Victims |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 31.12.1954 |
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| Effective from | 21.10.1950 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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