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The Geneva Conventions started on April 21, 1949, and were concluded on August 12. The purpose of the Conventions was to establish protections afforded to protected non-combatants in wartime, including civilians under military occupations and prisoners of war. Article 4 of the Fourth Geneva Convention defines that civilians who "find themselves, in case of a conflict or occupation, in the hands of a Party

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