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Article 90 - Duration of Disciplinary Punishment

from II - Disciplinary Sanctions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2021

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Summary

Article 90 deals with the duration of disciplinary punishments andthe timelines for their execution. It sets the maximum duration ofany disciplinary punishment awarded under Article 89 at 30 days andspecifies that this maximum also applies if a prisoner of war issentenced at the same time for several disciplinary offences. Thearticle further prescribes a maximum period of one month between thesentencing of a prisoner and the execution of the punishment andrequires a minimum of three days between the execution ofconsecutive disciplinary punishments. Article 90 also provides thatany period of confinement awaiting the hearing of a disciplinaryoffence or the award of disciplinary punishment must be deductedfrom the eventual punishment.

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Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention
Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
 , pp. 1369 - 1374
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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