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internment
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ARTICLE-4
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... 1.
Persons
belonging, or having belonged, to the
armed forces
of the occupied
country
, if the
occupying Power
considers it necessary by
reason
of such
allegiance
to intern them, even though it has originally liberated them while
hostilities
were going on outside the
territory
it occupies, in particular where such
persons
have made an
unsuccessful
attempt
to
rejoin
the
armed forces
to which they belong and which are engaged in
combat
, or where they fail to comply with a summons made to them with a
view
to
internment
. ...
ARTICLE-21
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... The
Detaining Power
may
subject
prisoners of war
to
internment
. It may impose on them the
obligation
of not leaving, beyond certain
limits
, the
camp
where they are interned, or if the said
camp
is fenced in, of not going outside its perimeter.
Subject
to the
provisions
of the present
Convention
relative to
penal
and
disciplinary
sanctions
,
prisoners of war
may not be held in close
confinement
except where necessary to
safeguard
their
health
and then only during the continuation of the
circumstances
which make such
confinement
necessary. ...
ARTICLE-104
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... 2.
Place
of
internment
or
confinement
; ...
ARTICLE-109
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... Throughout the
duration
of
hostilities
,
Parties to the conflict
shall endeavour, with the
cooperation
of the
neutral Powers
concerned, to make
arrangements
for the
accommodation
in
neutral countries
of the
sick
and
wounded
prisoners of war
referred to in the second paragraph of the following Article. They may, in
addition
, conclude
agreements
with a
view
to the direct
repatriation
or
internment
in a
neutral country
of able-bodied
prisoners of war
who have undergone a long
period
of
captivity
. ...
ARTICLE-126
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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
. ...
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