Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
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
- Article 1 Respect for the Convention
- Article 2 Application of the Convention
- Article 3 Conflicts not of an international character
- Article 4 Prisoners of war
- A. Introduction
- B. Historical background
- C. Paragraph 4A: Persons who have fallen into the power of the enemy
- D. Subparagraph 4A(1): Members of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict
- E. Subparagraph 4A(2): Members of other militias or other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict
- F. The significance of the four conditions for personnel covered by subparagraph 4A(1)
- G. Subparagraph 4A(3): Members of regular armed forces who profess allegiance to a government or an authority not recognized by the Detaining Power
- H. Subparagraphs 4A(4) and (5): Civilian prisoners of war
- I. Subparagraph 4A(6): Levée en masse
- J. Paragraph 4B: Persons in occupied or neutral territories
- K. Paragraph 4C: Medical personnel and chaplains
- Additional material
- Contents
- Article 5 Beginning and end of application
- Article 6 Special agreements
- Article 7 Non-Renunciation of Rights
- Article 8 Protecting Powers
- Article 9 Activities of the ICRC and Other Impartial Humanitarian Organizations
- Article 10 Substitutes for Protecting Powers
- Article 11 Conciliation Procedure
- 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
Additional material
from Article 4 - Prisoners of war
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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
- Article 1 Respect for the Convention
- Article 2 Application of the Convention
- Article 3 Conflicts not of an international character
- Article 4 Prisoners of war
- A. Introduction
- B. Historical background
- C. Paragraph 4A: Persons who have fallen into the power of the enemy
- D. Subparagraph 4A(1): Members of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict
- E. Subparagraph 4A(2): Members of other militias or other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict
- F. The significance of the four conditions for personnel covered by subparagraph 4A(1)
- G. Subparagraph 4A(3): Members of regular armed forces who profess allegiance to a government or an authority not recognized by the Detaining Power
- H. Subparagraphs 4A(4) and (5): Civilian prisoners of war
- I. Subparagraph 4A(6): Levée en masse
- J. Paragraph 4B: Persons in occupied or neutral territories
- K. Paragraph 4C: Medical personnel and chaplains
- Additional material
- Contents
- Article 5 Beginning and end of application
- Article 6 Special agreements
- Article 7 Non-Renunciation of Rights
- Article 8 Protecting Powers
- Article 9 Activities of the ICRC and Other Impartial Humanitarian Organizations
- Article 10 Substitutes for Protecting Powers
- Article 11 Conciliation Procedure
- 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
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Commentary on the Third Geneva ConventionConvention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, pp. 348 - 350Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021