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Article 126 - Supervision by the Protecting Powers and the ICRC

from Section I - General provisions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2021

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Article 126 provides for an in situ (on site)supervision mechanism for scrutinizing compliance with the rights andobligations governing the protection of prisoners of war. Supervision may beundertaken by two actors: the Protecting Powers, where such are appointedaccording to Article 8 (or its substitutes appointed according to Article10), and the ICRC. This provision recognizes the supervisory role the ICRChad already been playing prior to 1949 on the basis of its right ofhumanitarian initiative. The ICRC’s right to access all persons detained inrelation to an international armed conflict is today recognized ascustomary.

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Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention
Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
 , pp. 1785 - 1807
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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