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Article 139 - Accession

from Section II - Final provisions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2021

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Summary

This article determines the time of entry into force of the Convention foran acceding State and contains two elements of a procedural nature: the formof accession and the tasks of the depositary in the context ofaccessions.

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Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention
Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
 , pp. 1977 - 1985
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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