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Article 133 - Languages

from Section II - Final provisions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2021

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Until the early twentieth century, most multilateral treaties were writtenin only one or two languages. The 1929 Geneva Conventions, for example, wereconcluded only in French, which was still the leading diplomatic language atthat time.

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Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention
Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
 , pp. 1945 - 1950
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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