"We believe that their safe return is also required by the Geneva conventions," the statement continued.

The Geneva Convention means more to me than the average person, he said.

"Remember we were talking about the Geneva Convention a while ago?"

Under the terms of the Geneva Convention he wasn't allowed to ask that one.

The 1949 Geneva Convention is less direct on the issue.

The best known of these are perhaps the several Geneva Conventions.

"I think all three of us now fully understand our rights under the Geneva Convention."

Europe does not need to wait for the world to review the Geneva Convention.

"The terrorists obviously didn't get any classes on the Geneva convention," the officer said.

I am a prisoner of war under the Geneva Convention.