In 1864, sixteen European states adopted the first-ever Geneva Convention to save lives to alleviate the suffering of wounded and sick persons in the battlefield, and to protect trained medical personnel as non-combatants, in the act of rendering aid.
Sixteen European states adopted the first-ever Geneva Convention to save lives to alleviate the suffering of wounded and sick persons in the battlefield, and to protect trained medical personnel as non-combatants. This was in the act of rendering aid. This was in 1864.