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Article 119 - Details of Repatriation Procedure

from Section II - Release and repatriation of prisoners of war at the close of active hostilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2021

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Summary

Article 119 supplements Article 118 by setting out the procedure for therelease and repatriation of prisoners of war after the cessation of activehostilities. These two articles deal with different situations from thoseaddressed in Articles 109–117, which contain rules on the directrepatriation or accommodation in neutral countries of prisoners of warduring hostilities.

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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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