WorksCited

PrimarySources
Books
AnalysisfortheUseofNationalRedCrossSocieties.Vol.2. Geneva:InternationalCommitteeof theRedCross,1950.Print.
Being an official documentoftheICRC,thisbookexplains theGenevaConventions created with their different purposes, how they were meant towork,whytheywere created, and the worlds situation before the Conventions. It continues by listing each of the articles contained in the Geneva Conventions. Such relevant information gave us our start and the contrast before and after citizens and noncombatants had gained their rights through experience and recurrences of casualtiesinwars.

FinalRecordoftheDiplomaticConferenceofGenevaof1949.Vol.1.Geneva:n.p.,1949.Print.
A government record describing the conference delegates of each country held to revise the first three Geneva Conventions, and establish the fourth. This record includes each article of the revised versions of the Geneva Conventions, allowing for us to extract quotes and list names of those who held significant power in helping to create the Geneva Convention of 1949 that would give rights to the commonmanandresponsibilitiestocountriesandtheirleaders.

Final Record of the Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949. Vol. 2A. Geneva: n.p., 1949. Print.
Another volume of government records relating to the Geneva Convention of1949, including information on how the Diplomatic Conference of Geneva was split into multiple meetings that had different purposes for the revision and extension of the Geneva Conventions. Each meeting was recorded in a script format in this book, further helping us to understand how the delegates of each countrydecidedonthe revision and extension of the Geneva Conventions. In doing so led to multiple figures to take on more responsibilities for tending of their citizens unbeknownstto thosebeforethem.

FinalRecordoftheDiplomaticConferenceofGenevaof1949.Vol.3.Geneva:n.p.,1949.Print.

The Final volume of the trio ofgovernmentrecords,thisparticularvolumespeaking again of the Diplomatic Conference of Geneva, where the delegates from each country decided on the revision and extension of all four of the Geneva Conventions. Specific to thedocumentisalistofalloftherevisionsandextensions of the conventions, including in which, next to each article, there is how the article was decided on by each of the delegates from each country. This gave usgreater insight into how the 1949GenevaConventionchangedandtherightsinwhichwere provided to civilians from each countrys leaders through their responsibility in power.

Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Vol. 4. Geneva:JeanS.Pictet,1958.Print.

Each Geneva Convention contains articles related to the conventions purpose. This book lists a complete collection of every article in the 1949 Geneva Convention, allowing for higherunderstandingofhowthe1949GenevaConvention protected innocent civilians rights. Another feature was conveniently summarizing each article, allowing us to easily pick out important articles and create quotes on mainpointsfocusedonbuiltintoourwebsite.

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Geneva. Athne Palace. Diplomatic Conference for the Revision of the Geneva Convention. Digitalimage.Http://www.icrcvideonewsroom.org/.ICRC,n.d.Web.10Jan.2014.
The ICRC took many photos oftheDiplomaticConferenceofGenevaof1949.This primary image oftheDiplomaticConferenceofGenevaof1949wasfavorable,both to the eye and to the website as includes being able to view thepodiumaswell as some of the audience members partaking in listening to a speech over the newly created introduction of the rights and responsibilitiestobeaddedwithintheGeneva Conventionof1949.

Newsletters "LelandHarrison,ExDiplomat,Dies."NewYorkTimes(5June1951):27.NewYork Times.Web.24Mar.2014. LelandHarrisonbeingamainfocusasheaddelegateonourwebsite,we

thoughtthisprimarynewsletterwasajackpot.Teemingwithinformationabout LelandHarrisonfromhisbirthtodeath,itallowedforabroaderviewofthe possiblethinkingofLelandHarrisonandtheimpactsofhislifeovertherights andresponsibilitiesofothers. GovernmentPublications

UnitedStates.Congress.Senate.N.p.,n.d.Web. The United States government discussed the 1949 Geneva Convention through a series of letters, all of which are included in one government publication. This publication also includes an overview of the Diplomatic Conference and articles of the 1949 Geneva Convention, emphasizing the importance of the 1949 Geneva Convention and the rights and responsibilitiesthatitcreatestocitizensandleaders alike.

United States. Headquarters Department of the Army. Army Subject Schedule. By Fred C. Weyand.N.p.:n.p.,n.d.Web.19Dec.2013. All soldiers in the U.S. Military recieved an issue of this subject schedule, created after the Geneva Convention of 1949. It lists a soldiers responsibilities under the 1949 Geneva Convention in the midst of war. As it states it bluntly, just as a countrys leader, soldiers also gain responsibilities over the citizens, regardless of thecountry.

Video 1949.TheNewGenevaConventions.Prod.InternationalCommitteeOftheRedCross. YouTube.YouTube,13Feb.2013.Web.23Mar.2014. AvideopostedbytheICRC,itshowsaprimaryviewonashort segmentofthe delegates and thepublicitytheyobtainedfromagreeing,throughsignatures,to the rights and responsibilities they distributed to the public in the Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949. We embedded this video onto the website using customcode and specialprogramsthatallowedustosplitthevideointo multiplesectionstofitthetimeconstraints.

SecondarySources
Websites

"Convention (IV) Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949." Icrc.org. International Committee of the Red Cross, n.d. Web. 22 Mar.2014. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is closely intertwined to the GenevaConventions,foritwasmembersoftheICRCthatfirstproposedthem.The information provided in this article structured our "TheGenevaConventionof 1949" pagewithitsextensiveinformationonciviliansrights.

"Geneva Conventions." LII / LegalInformationInstitute.CornellUniversityLawSchool,n.d.Web. 22Mar.2014. Cornell University's law school created a website that holds articles put together with extensive research. These students created a very detailed article on the Geneva Conventions that had a section devoted to the 1949 Geneva Convention, and even a link the the ICRCwebsitewiththeentire1949GenevaConventiononit. We used the information this article gave us to support the 1949 Geneva Convention'sroleinthetimeofwar.

"our Species Is One, and Each of the Individuals Who Compose It Are Entitled to Equal Moral."ShinyQuote.N.p.,n.d.Web.24Mar.2014. Michael Ignatieff is a Canadian author and supporter of human rights. He created quotes about the Geneva Conventions, stating that all humans should be equally protected. The meaning behind this quote fit perfectly with the 1949 Geneva Convention for soldiers and country leaders had no responsibilities towards civilians,throwingthembetweensidesinwarwithoutasecondthought.

Books
Focarelli,Carlo.CommonArticle1ofthe1949GenevaConventionsASoapBubble.Vol.21. N.p.:n.p.,n.d.Print.TheEuropeanJournalofInternationalLaw. Carlo Focarelli gave us important and detailed information on the first article of the 1949 GenevaConvention,quotingtherightsofcitizens andothernoncombantants. The bookalsoincluded footnoteswithlinksleadingtohelpfulwebsites,includingthe official International Committee of the Red Crosswebsite,asimportantandclosely relatedtotheGenevaConventions.

Meron,Theodor.TheGenevaConventionsandPublicInternationalLaw.Vol.91.N.p.:n.p.,n.d.

Print. Theodor Meron is a professor of international lawwithlargeamountsofexperience in the Geneva Conventions. In this book, Moren begins by stating how each of the Geneva Conventions came to be. Moren goes on to explain some of the first articles of the 1949 Geneva Convention and how they impacted individual civilian rights.

Bugnion,Francois.TheGenevaConventionsof12August1949:Fromthe1949Diplomatic ConferencetotheDawnoftheNewMillenium.N.p.:n.p.,n.d.Print. Francois Bugnion writes specifically about how the 1949 Geneva Convention was created. He also writes about how the articles of the 1949 Geneva Convention affect international and civil conflict. Bugnion goes on to explain why the Geneva Conventionswererevisedagainsoonafterthe1949conventionwascreated.

Images
Geneva ConventionsPoster1.N.d.Photograph.YankerPosterCollection.GenevaConventions Poster1.Web.25Feb.2014.
Our banner picture consists of four pictures that symbolize the Geneva Conventions. This specific picture depicts medics helping a wounded soldier, showing both the 1949 Geneva Convention and the first Geneva Convention in action, as the 1949 GenevaConventionprotectsnoncombatants,suchasmedical aid with new rights. The first Geneva Convention allows for the healing and prevention of cruelty to those wounded, seen in this picture. We used this for a generalideaoftheGenevaConventions.

Geneva ConventionsPoster2.N.d.Photograph.YankerPosterCollection.GenevaConventions Poster2.Web.26Feb.2014.

Our next picture in our banner picture displays a scene at a war prison, with two men agreeing to abide by the third GenevaConvention, whichprotectsthe rightsof prisoners of war. Again, we used this to give readers a background of what the GenevaConventionsdo.

Geneva ConventionsPoster3.N.d.Photograph.YankerPosterCollection.GenevaConventions Poster3.Web.25Feb.2014.

This is our fourthandfinalpictureofourbanner,andprobablythemostimportant.It depicts an enemy soldierhelpinganinnocentwoman.Thekeypart ofthis picture is the two children next to her. They show that even the smallest child shall be protected from the horrors of war with their rights intact, even if it means the opposingarmymusttakethecivilianstoshelter.

IntheNameofMercyGive!N.d.Posternation.com.Posternation.Web.22Mar.2014.
Our first image in our banner isamedicholdingafatallyinjuredsoldier,beggingfor enemy soldiers to follow the Geneva Conventions by leaving the wounded soldiers alone.ThisagainsymbolizesthefirstGenevaConventioninuse.

LelandHarrison.N.d.DepartmentofState.State.gov.Web.16Mar.2014.
Being the head of the delegation of the Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949, Leland Harrison was by far the most important delegate for the U.S. at the DiplomaticConferenceofGenevaof1949.ThisshowsLelandHarrisonathisdesk.

[Leland B. Harrison, Halflength Portrait, Facing Front]. 1925. Miscellaneous Items in High Demand.LibraryofCongress.Web.23Mar.2014.
Leland B. Harrison was the mostimportant personattheDiplomaticConferenceof Geneva of 1949 for the U.S. Heservedastheheadof theU.S.delegation.Thisisa pictureofhimathisdesk.

Maj.Gen.EdwinP.Parker,Jr.N.d.Xixcorps.nl.Web.17Mar.2014.
Major general Edwin P. Parker, Jr. was a delegate oftheDiplomaticConferenceof Geneva of 1949. He was important in the Protective Services and in the DepartmentofStateduringhistimeingovernment.

MajorGeneralJosephV.Dillon.N.d.Afsfc.af.mil.Web.20Mar.2014.
Major General Joseph Dillon was an important delegate at the Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949. Since General Dillon served in the Air Force, their website includes an indepth biography that lists his education and service accolades.

Medics Help a Wounded Medic in France, 1944. N.d. Photograph. National Archives. Mtaofnj.org.Web.
We used this picture because it displays a group of medics helpanotherwounded medic on the battlefield. This is important because it is an example of the first Geneva Convention which protects the rights of medical aids. Since the first Convention is so closely related to the 1949 Convention, we used this picture with our1949GenevaConventionpage.

The Coming Crisis. N.d. Photograph. : The 'perfect, Pitiless, Nazi': German Soldiers' Confessions Reveal How Troops Driven by Bloodlust Killed Innocent Civilians for Fun.Web.26Feb.2014.
We used this picture to show a German soldier killing innocent people for fun. This symbolizes a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which was meantto prevent the harming of innocentciviliansbytheinitiationofnewrightsgiventothem andenforcethesoldiersresponsibilitiestowardsthesenoncombatants.