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ARTICLE-3
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... 1.
Persons
taking no active part in the
hostilities
,
including
members
of
armed forces
who have laid down their
arms
and those placed
hors de combat
by
sickness
,
wounds
,
detention
, or any other cause, shall in all
circumstances
be treated
humanely
, without any
adverse
distinction
founded on
race
,
colour
,
religion
or
faith
,
sex
,
birth
or
wealth
, or any other similar
criteria
. ...
ARTICLE-4
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... 1.
Members
of the
armed forces
of a
Party
to the
conflict
as well as
members
of militias or
volunteer corps
forming part of such
armed forces
. ...
... 1.
Members
of the
armed forces
of a
Party
to the
conflict
as well as
members
of militias or
volunteer corps
forming part of such
armed forces
. ...
... 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
: ...
... 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
: ...
... 3.
Members
of
regular
armed forces
who
profess
allegiance
to a
government
or an
authority
not recognized by the
Detaining Power
. ...
... 4.
Persons
who accompany the
armed forces
without actually being
members
thereof, such as
civilian
members
of
military
aircraft
crews
,
war
correspondents,
supply
contractors,
members
of
labour
units
or of
services
responsible
for the
welfare
of the
armed forces
, provided that they have
received
authorization
from the
armed forces
which they accompany, who shall provide them for that
purpose
with an
identity card
similar to the annexed
model
. ...
... 4.
Persons
who accompany the
armed forces
without actually being
members
thereof, such as
civilian
members
of
military
aircraft
crews
,
war
correspondents,
supply
contractors,
members
of
labour
units
or of
services
responsible
for the
welfare
of the
armed forces
, provided that they have
received
authorization
from the
armed forces
which they accompany, who shall provide them for that
purpose
with an
identity card
similar to the annexed
model
. ...
... 4.
Persons
who accompany the
armed forces
without actually being
members
thereof, such as
civilian
members
of
military
aircraft
crews
,
war
correspondents,
supply
contractors,
members
of
labour
units
or of
services
responsible
for the
welfare
of the
armed forces
, provided that they have
received
authorization
from the
armed forces
which they accompany, who shall provide them for that
purpose
with an
identity card
similar to the annexed
model
. ...
... 5.
Members
of
crews
,
including
masters
,
pilots
and
apprentices
, of the
merchant marine
and the
crews
of
civil aircraft
of the
Parties to the conflict
, who do not
benefit
by more
favourable treatment
under any other
provisions
of
international law
. ...
ARTICLE-33
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...
Members
of the
medical personnel
and
chaplains
while retained by the
Detaining Power
with a
view
to assisting
prisoners of war
, shall not be considered as
prisoners of war
. They shall, however,
receive
as a
minimum
the
benefits
and
protection
of the present
Convention
, and shall also be
granted
all
facilities
necessary to provide for the
medical care
of, and
religious
inistration to,
prisoners of war
. ...
ARTICLE-36
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...
Prisoners of war
who are
ministers
of
religion
, without having officiated as
chaplains
to their own
forces
, shall be at
liberty
, whatever their denomination, to
minister
freely
to the
members
of their
community
. For this
purpose
, they shall
receive
the same
treatment
as the
chaplains
retained by the
Detaining Power
. They shall not be obliged to do any other
work
. ...
ARTICLE-52
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... No
prisoner of war
shall be assigned to
labour
which would be looked upon as
humiliating
for a
member
of the
Detaining Power
's own
forces
. ...
ARTICLE-60
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... (b) May temporarily
limit
the
amount
made available from these
advances
of
pay
to
prisoners of war
for their own use, to sums which are
reasonable
, but which, for
Category
I, shall never be
inferior
to the
amount
that the
Detaining Power
gives to the
members
of its own
armed forces
. ...
ARTICLE-82
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... If any
law
,
regulation
or
order
of the
Detaining Power
shall
declare
acts
committed by a
prisoner of war
to be
punishable
, whereas the same
acts
would not be
punishable
if committed by a
member
of the
forces
of the
Detaining Power
, such
acts
shall entail
disciplinary punishments
only. ...
ARTICLE-84
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... A
prisoner of war
shall be tried only by a
military court
, unless the
existing
laws
of the
Detaining Power
expressly
permit
the
civil courts
to try a
member
of the
armed forces
of the
Detaining Power
in
respect
of the particular
offence
alleged to have been committed by the
prisoner of war
. ...
ARTICLE-87
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...
Prisoners of war
may not be
sentenced
by the
military authorities
and
courts
of the
Detaining Power
to any
penalties
except those provided for in
respect
of
members
of the
armed forces
of the said
Power
who have committed the same
acts
. ...
ARTICLE-88
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Officers
,
non-commissioned
officers
and
men
who are
prisoners of war
undergoing a
disciplinary
or
judicial
punishment
, shall not be subjected to more severe
treatment
than that applied in
respect
of the same
punishment
to
members
of the
armed forces
of the
Detaining Power
of
equivalent
rank
. ...
... A
woman
prisoner of war
shall not be awarded or
sentenced
to a
punishment
more severe, or treated whilst undergoing
punishment
more severely, than a
woman
member
of the
armed forces
of the
Detaining Power
dealt with for a similar
offence
. ...
... In no
case
may a
woman
prisoner of war
be awarded or
sentenced
to a
punishment
more severe, or treated whilst undergoing
punishment
more severely, than a
male
member
of the
armed forces
of the
Detaining Power
dealt with for a similar
offence
. ...
ARTICLE-95
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... A
prisoner of war
accused
of an
offence
against
discipline
shall not be kept in
confinement
pending the
hearing
unless a
member
of the
armed forces
of the
Detaining Power
would be so kept if he were
accused
of a similar
offence
, or if it is essential in the
interests
of
camp
order
and
discipline
. ...
ARTICLE-102
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... A
prisoner of war
can be validly
sentenced
only if the
sentence
has been pronounced by the same
courts
according to the same
procedure
as in the
case
of
members
of the
armed forces
of the
Detaining Power
, and if, furthermore, the
provisions
of the present
Chapter
have been observed. ...
ARTICLE-103
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...
Judicial
investigations
relating to a
prisoner of war
shall be
conducted
as rapidly as
circumstances
permit
and so that his
trial
shall take
place
as soon as possible. A
prisoner of war
shall not be confined while awaiting
trial
unless a
member
of the
armed forces
of the
Detaining Power
would be so confined if he were
accused
of a similar
offence
, or if it is essential to do so in the
interests
of
national security
. In no
circumstances
shall this
confinement
exceed three
months
. ...
ARTICLE-106
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... Every
prisoner of war
shall have, in the same
manner
as the
members
of the
armed forces
of the
Detaining Power
, the
right
of
appeal
or
petition
from any
sentence
pronounced upon him, with a
view
to the quashing or revising of the
sentence
or the reopening of the
trial
. He shall be fully informed of his
right to appeal
or
petition
and of the
time
limit
within which he may do so. ...
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
. ...
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