“We make the future better than the past. We don't hide from history. We make history.”
– John McCain (Ex-POW and US State Senator)
– John McCain (Ex-POW and US State Senator)
Short-Term Impact
The Third Geneva Convention improved the treatment of POWs. It ensured that soldiers got food, water, clothing,
medical care, and helped end the cruelty of human experimentation and torture.
medical care, and helped end the cruelty of human experimentation and torture.
Video from the Korean War that highlights the controversies of Art. 118
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Some countries used the Conventions negatively, and created propaganda to promote their ideals.
Many countries did not ratify the Third Geneva Convention because of cultural beliefs. North Korea, the Soviet Union, and Japan never signed; therefore, failing to provide rights to POWs. During the Korean War, POWs were deprived of food, given
little medical treatment, and not allowed contact with the Red Cross.
little medical treatment, and not allowed contact with the Red Cross.