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ARTICLE-4
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... 2.
Members
of other militias and
members
of other
volunteer corps
,
including
those of
organized resistance
movements
, belonging to a
Party
to the
conflict
and operating in or outside their own
territory
, even if this
territory
is occupied, provided that such militias or
volunteer corps
,
including
such
organized resistance
movements
, fulfil the following
conditions
: ...
ARTICLE-17
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...
Prisoners of war
who, owing to their
physical
or
mental
condition
, are
unable
to
state
their
identity
, shall be handed over to the
medical service
. The
identity
of such
prisoners
shall be
established
by all possible means,
subject
to the
provisions
of the preceding paragraph. ...
ARTICLE-20
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... The
evacuation
of
prisoners of war
shall always be effected
humanely
and in
conditions
similar to those for the
forces
of the
Detaining Power
in their
changes
of
station
. ...
ARTICLE-24
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...
Transit
or screening
camps
of a
permanent
kind shall be fitted out under
conditions
similar to those
described
in the present Section, and the
prisoners
therein shall have the same
treatment
as in other
camps
. ...
ARTICLE-25
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...
Prisoners of war
shall be quartered under
conditions
as
favourable
as those for the
forces
of the
Detaining Power
who are billeted in the same
area
. The said
conditions
shall make
allowance
for the
habits
and
customs
of the
prisoners
and shall in no
case
be prejudicial to their
health
. ...
...
Prisoners of war
shall be quartered under
conditions
as
favourable
as those for the
forces
of the
Detaining Power
who are billeted in the same
area
. The said
conditions
shall make
allowance
for the
habits
and
customs
of the
prisoners
and shall in no
case
be prejudicial to their
health
. ...
ARTICLE-30
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...
Prisoners of war
suffering
from
serious
disease
, or whose
condition
necessitates
special
treatment
, a
surgical operation
or
hospital
care
, must be admitted to any
military
or
civilian
medical
unit
where such
treatment
can be given, even if their
repatriation
is contemplated in the near
future
.
Special
facilities
shall be afforded for the
care
to be given to the
disabled
, in particular to the
blind
, and for their
rehabilitation
, pending
repatriation
. ...
ARTICLE-33
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... (b) The senior
medical officer
in each
camp
shall be
responsible
to the
camp
military authorities
for everything
connected
with the
activities
of retained
medical personnel
. For this
purpose
,
Parties to the conflict
shall
agree
at the
outbreak of hostilities
on the
subject
of the
corresponding
ranks
of the
medical personnel
,
including
that of
societies
mentioned in Article
26
of the
Geneva Convention
for the Amelioration of the
Condition
of the
Wounded
and
Sick
in
Armed Forces
in the
Field
of August 12, 1949. This senior
medical officer
, as well as
chaplains
, shall have the
right
to deal with the
competent
authorities
of the
camp
on all
questions
relating to their
duties
. Such
authorities
shall afford them all necessary
facilities
for
correspondence
relating to these
questions
. ...
ARTICLE-34
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...
Prisoners of war
shall enjoy complete latitude in the
exercise
of their
religious
duties
,
including
attendance
at the
service
of their
faith
, on
condition
that they comply with the
disciplinary
routine prescribed by the
military authorities
. ...
ARTICLE-46
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... The
transfer
of
prisoners of war
shall always be effected
humanely
and in
conditions
not less
favourable
than those under which the
forces
of the
Detaining Power
are
transferred
.
Account
shall always be taken of the
climatic
conditions
to which the
prisoners of war
are accustomed and the
conditions
of
transfer
shall in no
case
be prejudicial to their
health
. ...
... The
transfer
of
prisoners of war
shall always be effected
humanely
and in
conditions
not less
favourable
than those under which the
forces
of the
Detaining Power
are
transferred
.
Account
shall always be taken of the
climatic
conditions
to which the
prisoners of war
are accustomed and the
conditions
of
transfer
shall in no
case
be prejudicial to their
health
. ...
... The
transfer
of
prisoners of war
shall always be effected
humanely
and in
conditions
not less
favourable
than those under which the
forces
of the
Detaining Power
are
transferred
.
Account
shall always be taken of the
climatic
conditions
to which the
prisoners of war
are accustomed and the
conditions
of
transfer
shall in no
case
be prejudicial to their
health
. ...
ARTICLE-47
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... If the
combat zone
draws closer to a
camp
, the
prisoners of war
in the said
camp
shall not be
transferred
unless their
transfer
can be carried out in adequate
conditions
of
safety
, or if they are exposed to
greater
risks
by remaining on the spot than by being
transferred
. ...
ARTICLE-48
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... They shall be allowed to take with them their
personal
effects
, and the
correspondence
and
parcels
which have arrived for them. The
weight
of such
baggage
may be limited, if the
conditions
of
transfer
so require, to what each
prisoner
can reasonably carry, which shall in no
case
be more than twenty-five
kilograms
per head. ...
ARTICLE-51
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...
Prisoners of war
must be
granted
suitable
working conditions
, especially as
regards
accommodation
,
food
,
clothing
and
equipment
; such
conditions
shall not be
inferior
to those enjoyed by
nationals
of the
Detaining Power
employed in similar
work
;
account
shall also be taken of
climatic
conditions
. ...
...
Prisoners of war
must be
granted
suitable
working conditions
, especially as
regards
accommodation
,
food
,
clothing
and
equipment
; such
conditions
shall not be
inferior
to those enjoyed by
nationals
of the
Detaining Power
employed in similar
work
;
account
shall also be taken of
climatic
conditions
. ...
...
Prisoners of war
must be
granted
suitable
working conditions
, especially as
regards
accommodation
,
food
,
clothing
and
equipment
; such
conditions
shall not be
inferior
to those enjoyed by
nationals
of the
Detaining Power
employed in similar
work
;
account
shall also be taken of
climatic
conditions
. ...
...
Conditions
of
labour
shall in no
case
be rendered more
arduous
by
disciplinary
measures
. ...
ARTICLE-54
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...
Prisoners of war
who sustain
accidents
in
connection
with
work
, or who
contract
a
disease
in the course, or in
consequence
of their
work
, shall
receive
all the
care
their
condition
may require. The
Detaining Power
shall furthermore deliver to such
prisoners of war
a
medical
certificate
enabling them to submit their
claims
to the
Power
on which they depend, and shall send a duplicate to the
Central Prisoners of War Agency
provided for in Article
123
. ...
ARTICLE-61
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... The
Detaining Power
shall
accept
for
distribution
as
supplementary
pay
to
prisoners of war
sums which the
Power
on which the
prisoners
depend may forward to them, on
condition
that the sums to be
paid
shall be the same for each
prisoner
of the same
category
, shall be
payable
to all
prisoners
of that
category
depending on that
Power
, and shall be placed in their separate
accounts
, at the earliest
opportunity
, in
accordance
with the
provisions
of Article
64
. Such
supplementary
pay
shall not relieve the
Detaining Power
of any
obligation
under this
Convention
. ...
ARTICLE-72
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... The
conditions
for the sending of
individual
parcels
and
collective
relief
shall, if necessary, be the
subject
of
special agreements
between the
Powers
concerned, which may in no
case
delay
the
receipt
by the
prisoners
of
relief supplies
.
Books
may not be
included
in
parcels
of
clothing
and foodstuffs.
Medical
supplies
shall, as a
rule
, be sent in
collective
parcels
. ...
ARTICLE-73
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... In the
absence
of
special agreements
between the
Powers
concerned on the
conditions
for the
receipt
and
distribution
of
collective
relief
shipments, the
rules
and
regulations
concerning
collective
shipments, which are annexed to the present
Convention
, shall be applied. ...
ARTICLE-75
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... These
provisions
in no way detract from the
right
of any
Party
to the
conflict
to arrange other means of
transport
, if it should so prefer, nor preclude the granting of
safe
-conducts, under mutually
agreed
conditions
, to such means of
transport
. ...
ARTICLE-76
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... The
examination
of
consignments
intended for
prisoners of war
shall not be carried out under
conditions
that will expose the
goods
contained in them to deterioration; except in the
case
of
written
or
printed
matter, it shall be done in the
presence
of the
addressee
, or of a fellow-
prisoner
duly
delegated
by him. The
delivery
to
prisoners
of
individual
or
collective
consignments
shall not be delayed under the
pretext
of difficulties of
censorship
. ...
ARTICLE-78
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...
Prisoners of war
shall have the
right
to make known to the
military authorities
in whose
power
they are, their
requests
regarding the
conditions
of
captivity
to which they are subjected. ...
... They shall also have the unrestricted
right
to apply to the
representatives
of the
Protecting
Powers
either through their
prisoners
'
representative
or, if they consider it necessary, direct, in
order
to draw their
attention
to any points on which they may have
complaints
to make regarding their
conditions
of
captivity
. ...
ARTICLE-108
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Sentences
pronounced on
prisoners of war
after a
conviction
has become duly enforceable, shall be served in the same
establishments
and under the same
conditions
as in the
case
of
members
of the
armed forces
of the
Detaining Power
. These
conditions
shall in all
cases
conform to the
requirements
of
health
and
humanity
. ...
...
Sentences
pronounced on
prisoners of war
after a
conviction
has become duly enforceable, shall be served in the same
establishments
and under the same
conditions
as in the
case
of
members
of the
armed forces
of the
Detaining Power
. These
conditions
shall in all
cases
conform to the
requirements
of
health
and
humanity
. ...
ARTICLE-110
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... 2.
Wounded
and
sick
who, according to
medical
opinion
, are not likely to recover within one
year
, whose
condition
requires
treatment
and whose
mental
or
physical
fitness seems to have been gravely diminished. ...
... The
conditions
which
prisoners of war
accommodated in a
neutral country
must fulfil in
order
to
permit
their
repatriation
shall be fixed, as shall likewise their
status
, by
agreement
between the
Powers
concerned. In
general
,
prisoners of war
who have been accommodated in a
neutral country
, and who belong to the following
categories
, should be
repatriated
: ...
... 1. Those whose
state of health
has deteriorated so as to fulfil the
conditions
laid down for direct
repatriation
; ...
ARTICLE-119
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...
Repatriation
shall be effected in
conditions
similar to those laid down in Articles
46
to
48
inclusive of the present
Convention
for the
transfer
of
prisoners of war
, having
regard
to the
provisions
of Article
118
and to those of the following paragraphs. ...
...
Prisoners of war
shall be allowed to take with them their
personal
effects
, and any
correspondence
and
parcels
which have arrived for them. The
weight
of such
baggage
may be limited, if the
conditions
of
repatriation
so require, to what each
prisoner
can reasonably carry. Each
prisoner
shall in all
cases
be
authorized
to carry at least twenty-five
kilograms
. ...
... The other
personal
effects
of the
repatriated
prisoner
shall be left in the
charge
of the
Detaining Power
which shall have them forwarded to him as soon as it has concluded an
agreement
to this
effect
, regulating the
conditions
of
transport
and the
payment
of the
costs
involved, with the
Power
on which the
prisoner
depends. ...
ARTICLE-120
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... Wills of
prisoners of war
shall be drawn up so as to satisfy the
conditions of validity
required by the
legislation
of their
country of origin
, which will take
steps
to inform the
Detaining Power
of its
requirements
in this
respect
. At the
request
of the
prisoner of war
and, in all
cases
, after
death
, the will shall be transmitted without
delay
to the
Protecting Power
; a
certified copy
shall be sent to the
Central
Agency
. ...
ARTICLE-122
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... Upon the
outbreak
of a
conflict
and in all
cases
of
occupation
, each of the
Parties to the conflict
shall institute an
official
Information
Bureau
for
prisoners of war
who are in its
power
.
Neutral
or non-belligerent
Powers
who may have
received
within their
territory
persons
belonging to one of the
categories
referred to in Article
4
, shall take the same
action
with
respect
to such
persons
. The
Power
concerned shall ensure that the
Prisoners of War
Information
Bureau
is provided with the necessary
accommodation
,
equipment
and
staff
to ensure its
efficient
working
. It shall be at
liberty
to employ
prisoners of war
in such a
Bureau
under the
conditions
laid down in the Section of the present
Convention
dealing with
work
by
prisoners of war
. ...
ARTICLE-125
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... The
Detaining Power
may
limit
the
number
of
societies
and
organizations
whose
delegates
are allowed to carry out their
activities
in its
territory
and under its
supervision
, on
condition
, however, that such
limitation
shall not hinder the effective
operation
of adequate
relief
to all
prisoners of war
. ...
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