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
- Part II General Protection of Prisoners of War
- Part III Captivity
- Section I Beginning of captivity
- Section II Internment of prisoners of war
- Section III Labour of prisoners of war
- Section IV Financial resources of prisoners of war
- Article 58 Ready Money
- Article 59 Amounts in Cash Taken from Prisoners
- Article 60 Advances of Pay
- Article 61 Supplementary Pay
- Article 62 Working Pay
- Article 63 Transfer of Funds
- Article 64 Prisoners’ Accounts
- Article 65 Management of Prisoners’ Accounts
- Article 66 Winding up of Prisoners’ Accounts
- Article 67 Arrangements Between Parties to the Conflict
- Article 68 Claims for Compensation
- Section V Relations of prisoners of war with the exterior
- Section VI Relations between prisoners of war and the authorities
- 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 65 - Management of Prisoners’ Accounts
from Section IV - Financial resources of prisoners of war
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 August 2021
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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
- Part II General Protection of Prisoners of War
- Part III Captivity
- Section I Beginning of captivity
- Section II Internment of prisoners of war
- Section III Labour of prisoners of war
- Section IV Financial resources of prisoners of war
- Article 58 Ready Money
- Article 59 Amounts in Cash Taken from Prisoners
- Article 60 Advances of Pay
- Article 61 Supplementary Pay
- Article 62 Working Pay
- Article 63 Transfer of Funds
- Article 64 Prisoners’ Accounts
- Article 65 Management of Prisoners’ Accounts
- Article 66 Winding up of Prisoners’ Accounts
- Article 67 Arrangements Between Parties to the Conflict
- Article 68 Claims for Compensation
- Section V Relations of prisoners of war with the exterior
- Section VI Relations between prisoners of war and the authorities
- 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
The overall purpose of Article 65 is to ensure the transparency, validityand accessibility of prisoners’ accounts. To that end, prisoners or theirrepresentative must verify each credit or debit entered in the accounts bycountersigning or initialling them. Moreover, prisoners must have access tothe information shown in their accounts and may request copies of them.Representatives of the Protecting Power may also inspect the prisoners’accounts.
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- Commentary on the Third Geneva ConventionConvention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, pp. 1104 - 1109Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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