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Article 28 - Canteens

from Chapter II - Quarters, Food and Clothing of Prisoners of War

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2021

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Summary

The original meaning of ‘canteen’ is a shop selling provisions oralcohol in a barracks. In the sense of Article 28, the term refers to anestablishment where prisoners of war can procure ordinary articles fordaily use. The ability to purchase such items improves prisoners’morale, and allows them a degree of autonomy. Both before and after theSecond World War, canteens were established in camps holding largenumbers of prisoners of war. In conflicts with fewer prisoners of war,or when there was not sufficient time or space to set up a canteen,alternative arrangements were made to enable prisoners to purchase itemsthat are normally available in a canteen.

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Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention
Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
 , pp. 783
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Levie, Howard S., Prisoners of War in International Armed Conflict, International Law Studies, U.S. Naval War College, Vol. 59, 1978, pp. 143–145.Google Scholar
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