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Article 18 - Property of Prisoners

from Section I - Beginning of captivity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2021

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Article 18 reaffirms and strengthens a long-standing principle ofinternational law: the right to capture war booty is limited to property ofthe enemy State to the exclusion of all private belongings of a prisoner ofwar. The limitations on the right to capture war booty have been animportant part of the laws and customs of war for centuries. The DetainingPower is therefore under an obligation to regulate the exercise of thatright in accordance with the Geneva Conventions.

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Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention
Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
 , pp. 668 - 678
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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