What is Fourth Geneva Convention?
[[Image:Warsaw 1939 refugees and soldier.jpg|thumb|Warsaw 1939 refugees and soldier]] The '''Fourth Geneva Convention''' (full tilte: '''Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War''') is an international [[treaty]] signed in 1949. These treaties are known as [[Geneva Conventions]], because they were originally signed in [[Geneva]]. The fourth geneva convention protects [[civilian]]s in a war zone and prohibit [[forced migration]] in general.<ref>Forth Geneva Convention, Article 49</ref> Currently, 194 countries are party to this treaty of international law.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/party_main_treaties | title = States party to the main treaties | publisher = The American National Red Cross | accessdate = 2009-12-05 | archive-date = 2009-08-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090815153327/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/party_main_treaties | url-status = dead }}</ref> In 1993, the [[United Nations Security Council]] adopted a report from the [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|Secretary-General]] and a Commission of Experts; this report stated that the Geneva Conventions had passed into the body of [[customary international law]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://legal.un.org/ola/Default.aspx|title=United Nations - Office of Legal Affairs|website=legal.un.org}}</ref> If this is the case, the treaties are binding even to countries who did not sign them,whenever they engage in armed conflicts. ==References== {{reflist}} {{politics-stub}} [[Category:International law]] [[Category:Geneva Conventions]] [[Category:1940s treaties]] [[Category:1949 in Europe]] [[Category:20th century in Geneva]] [[Category:Law of war]]