Geneva+Convention



The Geneva Conventions are essentially the "the rules of war". The specific rule that the Japanese broke in World War Two was the third one. This portion was written in 1929 and states "Prisoners of war shall at all times be humanely treated and protected, particularly against acts of violence..." and so on. The Geneva Convention was later used for trying Nazi officers at the Nuremberg Trials.

Information provided by: America Pathways to the Present, page 615 Picture provided by: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Original_Geneva_Conventions.jpg