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  2. International Driving Permit - Wikipedia

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    Switzerland signed but did not ratify the convention. The 1949 Geneva Convention states that an IDP remains valid for one year from the date of issue, with a grace period of six months. Article 24 of the convention describes requirements for drivers of mother vehicles in international traffic. Key of those are:

  3. Geneva Convention on Road Traffic - Wikipedia

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    The 1949 Convention's description of a driving permit and international driving permit are located in Annexes 9 and 10. The 1949 Geneva Convention states that an IDP remains valid for one year from the date of issue. Article 24 of the convention describes requirements for drivers of motor vehicles in international traffic. Key of those are:

  4. List of parties to the Geneva Conventions - Wikipedia

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    The Geneva Conventions, which were most recently revised in 1949, consist of seven individual treaties which are open to ratification or accession by any sovereign state. They are: The Geneva Conventions. First Geneva Convention; Second Geneva Convention; Third Geneva Convention; Fourth Geneva Convention; Additional Protocols Protocol I ...

  5. Geneva Conventions - Wikipedia

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    A facsimile of the signature-and-seals page of The 1864 Geneva Convention, which established humane rules of war. The original document in single pages, 1864 [1]. The Geneva Conventions are international humanitarian laws consisting of four treaties and three additional protocols that establish international legal standards for humanitarian treatment in war.

  6. Vienna Convention on Road Traffic - Wikipedia

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    The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is the newest of three conventions that governs International Driving Permits. The other two are the 1926 Paris International Convention relative to Motor Traffic and the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic. When a state is contracting to more than one convention, the newest one terminates and replaces ...

  7. Inter-American Driving Permit - Wikipedia

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    The confusion and misinformation probably arose from neither of those countries being party of the 1949 Geneva Convention, whereas US signed the 1949 Geneva Convention but not the 1968 Vienna Convention. Both the 1949 Geneva Convention and the 1968 Vienna Convention terminated and replaced the Convention on the Regulation of Inter-American ...

  8. Protected persons - Wikipedia

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    The 3rd Geneva Convention describes in a detailed manner the protection granted to the prisoner of war and obligations incumbent upon the belligerents: Humane treatment - prisoners of war shall be protected against acts of violence, intimidation, insults and public curiosity. They should be housed and receive a sufficient nourishment.

  9. Fourth Geneva Convention - Wikipedia

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    The Fourth Geneva Convention only concerns protected civilians in occupied territory rather than the effects of hostilities, such as the strategic bombing during World War II. [4] The 1977 Additional Protocol 1 to the Geneva Conventions (AP-1) prohibits all intentional attacks on "the civilian population and civilian objects."