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aug 23, 1864 - First Geneva Convention

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Lobbied for by Clara Barton | mandated the humane treatment of battlefield casualties. ratified 1882. | future Geneva conventions in 1900s would deal w treatment of POWs, including in ww1 and ww2

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aug 23, 1864
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~ 161 years ago