TY - BOOK TI - The Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 PY - 2006/// CY - New DelhiIN PB - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Regional Delegation N1 - Includes Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 N2 - Presents the text of the Geneva Conventions which are designed to ensure the respect of human personality and dignity by putting beyond reach of attack, those rights and liberties which are the essence of its existence. Prohibits in particular violence to life and person, in particular torture; the taking of hostages; deportations; passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgement pronounced by a regularly constituted court ER -