Bruce Willis just referenced POW rights under the Geneva Convention. Since the movie takes place in 1945, how is this possible since Geneva wasn't until 1949?
shareHere's a little insight.
In diplomacy, the term "convention" does not have its common meaning as an assembly of people. Rather, it is used in diplomacy to mean an international agreement, or treaty. The first three Geneva Conventions were revised and expanded in 1949, and the fourth was added at that time.
First Geneva Convention for the Amelioration (the act of making better or improvement) of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, 1864
Second Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea, 1906
Third Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, 1929
Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, 1949
The whole set is now referred to as the "Geneva Conventions of 1949" or simply the "Geneva Conventions".