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Page 573 of 2593

  • Article 28 - Canteens

  • from Chapter II - Quarters, Food and Clothing of Prisoners of War
  • Compiled by International Committee of the Red Cross
  • Book:
    Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention
    Published online:
    21 August 2021
    Print publication:
    09 September 2021, pp 783-783

  • Summary

    The original meaning of ‘canteen’ is a shop selling provisions oralcohol in a barracks. In the sense of Article 28, the term refers to anestablishment where prisoners of war can procure ordinary articles fordaily use. The ability to purchase such items improves prisoners’morale, and allows them a degree of autonomy. Both before and after theSecond World War, canteens were established in camps holding largenumbers of prisoners of war. In conflicts with fewer prisoners of war,or when there was not sufficient time or space to set up a canteen,alternative arrangements were made to enable prisoners to purchase itemsthat are normally available in a canteen.

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