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ARTICLE-16
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... Taking into
consideration
the
provisions
of the present
Convention
relating to
rank
and
sex
, and
subject
to any
privileged
treatment
which may be accorded to them by
reason
of their
state of health
,
age
or
professional
qualifications
, all
prisoners of war
shall be treated alike by the
Detaining Power
, without any
adverse
distinction
based on
race
,
nationality
,
religious belief
or
political opinions
, or any other
distinction
founded on similar
criteria
. ...
ARTICLE-18
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...
Badges
of
rank
and
nationality
,
decorations
and articles having above all a
personal
or
sentimental
value
may not be taken from
prisoners of war
. ...
ARTICLE-22
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... The
Detaining Power
shall
assemble
prisoners of war
in
camps
or
camp
compounds according to their
nationality
,
language
and
customs
, provided that such
prisoners
shall not be separated from
prisoners of war
belonging to the
armed forces
with which they were serving at the
time
of their
capture
, except with their
consent
. ...
ARTICLE-28
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... When a
camp
is closed down, the
credit balance
of the
special fund
shall be handed to an
international welfare organization
, to be employed for the
benefit
of
prisoners of war
of the same
nationality
as those who have
contributed
to the
fund
. In
case
of a
general
repatriation
, such
profits
shall be kept by the
Detaining Power
,
subject
to any
agreement
to the
contrary
between the
Powers
concerned. ...
ARTICLE-30
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Prisoners of war
shall have the
attention
, preferably, of
medical personnel
of the
Power
on which they depend and, if possible, of their
nationality
. ...
ARTICLE-40
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... The wearing of
badges
of
rank
and
nationality
, as well as of
decorations
, shall be permitted. ...
ARTICLE-79
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...
Officer prisoners of war
of the same
nationality
shall be stationed in
labour
camps
for
prisoners of war
, for the
purpose
of carrying out the
camp administration
duties
for which the
prisoners of war
are
responsible
. These
officers
may be
elected
as
prisoners
'
representatives
under the first paragraph of this Article. In such a
case
the
assistants
to the
prisoners
'
representatives
shall be chosen from among those
prisoners of war
who are not
officers
. ...
... In all
cases
the
prisoners
'
representative
must have the same
nationality
,
language
and
customs
as the
prisoners of war
whom he represents. Thus,
prisoners of war
distributed
in different sections of a
camp
, according to their
nationality
,
language
or
customs
, shall have for each section their own
prisoners
'
representative
, in
accordance
with the foregoing paragraphs. ...
... In all
cases
the
prisoners
'
representative
must have the same
nationality
,
language
and
customs
as the
prisoners of war
whom he represents. Thus,
prisoners of war
distributed
in different sections of a
camp
, according to their
nationality
,
language
or
customs
, shall have for each section their own
prisoners
'
representative
, in
accordance
with the foregoing paragraphs. ...
ARTICLE-113
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... 1.
Wounded
and
sick
proposed by a
physician
or
surgeon
who is of the same
nationality
, or a
national
of a
Party
to the
conflict
allied with the
Power
on which the said
prisoners
depend, and who exercises his
functions
in the
camp
. ...
... The
physician
or
surgeon
of the same
nationality
as the
prisoners
who present themselves for
examination
by the Mixed
Medical Commission
, likewise the
prisoners
'
representative
of the said
prisoners
, shall have
permission
to be present at the
examination
. ...
ARTICLE-129
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... Each
High Contracting Party
shall be under the
obligation
to
search
for
persons
alleged to have committed, or to have ordered to be committed, such
grave
breaches
, and shall bring such
persons
, regardless of their
nationality
, before its own
courts
. It may also, if it prefers, and in
accordance
with the
provisions
of its own
legislation
, hand such
persons
over for
trial
to another
High Contracting Party
concerned, provided such
High Contracting Party
has made out a prima facie
case
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