Treaty of Io

From Acw

The treaty of Io was the firt major upgrade to the Geneva conventions since the deployment of nuclear weapons. Signed in (2XXX) it covered the non-proliferation of particle-accelerator weapon technology and its use on civilian targets. All space faring nations were required to ratify this document.

The conventions and their agreements are as follows:

   * First Geneva Convention "for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field" (first adopted in 1864, last revision in 1949)
   * Second Geneva Convention "for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea" (first adopted in 1949, successor of the 1907 Hague Convention X)
   * Third Geneva Convention "relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War" (first adopted in 1929, last revision in 1949)
   * Fourth Geneva Convention "relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War" (first adopted in 1949, based on parts of the 1907 Hague Convention IV)
   * Fifth Geneva Convention "relative to the Protection of Civilian Terrestrial Targets from spatial attacks" (an addition to the 4th convention and signed on Io)
   * 6th Geneva Convention "relative to the misuse of genetically altered materials and persons during a time of war" (signed on Io)