Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention 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
Article 88 - Execution of Penalties
from I - General Provisions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 August 2021
- 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 88 contains general rules applicable to the treatment ofprisoners of war facing disciplinary or judicial punishment. Itshould be read together with Article 87, which is also general inscope and which states that the Detaining Power may only impose apenalty on prisoners of war if such penalty may also be imposed onmembers of its own armed forces for the same act. Article 87 furtherprohibits certain types of punishments, even if they exist formembers of the Detaining Power’s armed forces. Article 88 must alsobe read together with Articles 97 and 98 (applicable to disciplinarypunishments) and Article 108 (applicable to judicialpunishments).
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- Commentary on the Third Geneva ConventionConvention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, pp. 1350Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021