Original: The Second Geneva Convention , for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded , Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea , is one of the four treaties of the Geneva Conventions . It was first adopted in 1906 , after the Russo-Japanese war , but was significantly updated in 1929 and again in 1949 .
Simplified: The Convention of 1906 should not be confused with '' Convention ( II ) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded , Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea '' ( Geneva , 12 August 1949 ) .