Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
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- Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword by Peter Maurer
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Preamble
- Part I General Provisions
- Part II General Protection of Prisoners of War
- Part III Captivity
- Part IV Termination of Captivity
- Part V Information Bureaux and Relief Societies for Prisoners of War
- Part VI Execution of the Convention
- Book part
- Sources
- Index
- References
Article 85 - Offences Committed Before Capture
from I - General Provisions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 August 2021
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Book contents
- Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword by Peter Maurer
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Preamble
- Part I General Provisions
- Part II General Protection of Prisoners of War
- Part III Captivity
- Part IV Termination of Captivity
- Part V Information Bureaux and Relief Societies for Prisoners of War
- Part VI Execution of the Convention
- Book part
- Sources
- Index
- References
Summary
Article 85 belongs to the general provisions of the chapter onpenal and disciplinary sanctions. According to the article, ifprisoners of war are prosecuted for acts committed prior to capture,they retain the benefits of the Convention, even upon conviction.This constitutes a deliberate reversal of the practice establishedduring the war crimes trials held at the end of the Second WorldWar, where a captured combatant accused of having committed a warcrime was considered to have forfeited the right to prisoner-of-warstatus and to the benefits of the 1929 Geneva Convention onPrisoners of War, including its judicial guarantees.
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- Commentary on the Third Geneva ConventionConvention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, pp. 1310 - 1321Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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