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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2010
A neutral Power may authorize the passage over its territory of the sick and wounded belonging to the belligerent armies, on condition that the trains bringing them shall carry neither personnel nor war material. In such a case, the neutral Power is bound to take whatever measures of safety and control are necessary for the purpose (Hague Conv. No. V, Art. 14). (Personnel and materials necessary to treat the sick and wounded are consequently authorized).
1 Except where indicated otherwise, the Roman numerals refer to the First (I), the Second (II), the Third (III) and the Fourth (IV) Geneva Conventions (C). The abbreviation P. I stands for Additional Protocol I.
2 See Greenspan, Morris, The Modern Law of Land Warfare, University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1959, p. 567.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
3 IRRC, No. 248, 09–10 1985, pp. 292–302.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
4 Ibid, No. 254, September–October 1986, pp. 268–278.
5 Ibid, No. 245, March–April 1985, pp. 86–95.