The Collaborative International Dictionary
Geneva \Ge*ne"va\, prop. n. The chief city of Switzerland.
Geneva Bible, a translation of the Bible into English, made and published by English refugees in Geneva (Geneva, 1560; London, 1576). It was the first English Bible printed in Roman type instead of the ancient black letter, the first which recognized the division into verses, and the first which omitted the Apocrypha. In form it was a small quarto, and soon superseded the large folio of Cranmer's translation. Called also Genevan Bible.
Geneva convention (Mil.), an agreement made by representatives of the great continental powers at Geneva and signed in 1864, establishing new and more humane regulation regarding the treatment of the sick and wounded and the status of those who minister to them in war. Ambulances and military hospitals are made neutral, and this condition affects physicians, chaplains, nurses, and the ambulance corps. Great Britain signed the convention in 1865.
Geneva cross (Mil.), a red Greek cross on a white ground; -- the flag and badge adopted in the Geneva convention.
Wikipedia
The Geneva Convention (1929) was signed at Geneva, July 27, 1929. Its official name is the Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Geneva July 27, 1929. It entered into force 19 June 1931. It is this version of the Geneva Conventions which covered the treatment of prisoners of war during World War II. It is the predecessor of the Third Geneva Convention signed in 1949.
On their web site, the International Committee of the Red Cross states that:
Usage examples of "geneva convention".
Indeed, it is difficult to conceive of the United States actually going to war against any country that would honor the Geneva Convention.
All three belonged to the group of thought that had minimal belief in the Geneva Convention: no plane, ship or submarine could hope to locate them in those conditions.
Even under the Geneva Convention, the power holding prisoners could punish would-be escapees who failed.
We were only allowed to give away the `big four' permitted by the Geneva Convention - name, rank, date of birth and service number - and the interrogators used every ploy they knew to trick us into giving away more.
If it occurs when you say it will, I will personally deliver you to Eighth Army Headquarters, and guarantee that you are treated as an officer prisoner under the Geneva Convention.
He would have given his name, number, rank, and date of birth anyway as required by the Geneva Convention.
Should their Czech allies decide to get even with us, the Russians would quickly forget about their Geneva Convention pledge for humane treatment.
We staff officers took no great pleasure in not being allowed to work, although the decision was correct and in accordance with the Geneva Convention.
As you heard, under the terms of the Geneva Convention we have put ourselves gravely at risk by wearing British uniforms.
It was one hell of a long flight from Berlin to Buenos Aires, and the shooting down of transport aircraft of the enemy was just as legal under the Geneva Convention as torpedoing their merchant ships.