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Article 117 - Activity after Repatriation

from Section I - Direct repatriation and accommodation in neutral countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2021

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Article 117 is the concluding article in the section that regulates thedirect repatriation and accommodation or internment in neutral countries ofwounded and sick prisoners of war and of ‘able-bodied’ prisoners of war whohave undergone a long period of captivity. It prohibits the employment onactive military service by the Power on which they depend of prisoners ofwar who are repatriated during an armed conflict.

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

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