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Article 132 - Enquiry Procedure

from Section I - General provisions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2021

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Article 132 is part of the system elaborated by the four Geneva Conventionsof 1949, and subsequently by Additional Protocol I, to ensure that Partiesto international armed conflicts comply with their obligations under theseinstruments. The article is common to the four Conventions. It appears underthe heading ‘Repression of abuses and infractions’ in the First and SecondConventions, and ‘Execution of the Convention’ in the Third and FourthConventions.

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

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