Representatives or
delegates of the
Protecting Powers shall have
permission to go to all
places where
prisoners of war may be, particularly to
places of internment,
imprisonment and
labour, and shall have
access to all
premises occupied by
prisoners of war; they shall also be allowed to go to the
places of
departure, passage and arrival of
prisoners who are being
transferred. They shall be able to
interview the
prisoners, and in particular the
prisoners'
representatives, without
witnesses, either personally or through an
interpreter.
Representatives and
delegates of the
Protecting Powers shall have full
liberty to
select the
places they wish to
visit. The
duration and frequency of these
visits shall not be
restricted.
Visits may not be
prohibited except for
reasons of imperative
military necessity, and then only as an
exceptional and
temporary measure.
The
Detaining Power and the
Power on which the said
prisoners of war depend may
agree, if necessary, that compatriots of these
prisoners of war be permitted to
participate in the
visits.
