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ARTICLE-8
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... The present
Convention
shall be applied with the
cooperation
and under the
scrutiny
of the
Protecting
Powers
whose
duty
it is to
safeguard
the
interests
of the
Parties to the conflict
. For this
purpose
, the
Protecting
Powers
may appoint, apart from their
diplomatic
or
consular staff
,
delegates
from amongst their own
nationals
or the
nationals
of other
neutral Powers
. The said
delegates
shall be
subject
to the
approval
of the
Power
with which they are to carry out their
duties
. ...
... The present
Convention
shall be applied with the
cooperation
and under the
scrutiny
of the
Protecting
Powers
whose
duty
it is to
safeguard
the
interests
of the
Parties to the conflict
. For this
purpose
, the
Protecting
Powers
may appoint, apart from their
diplomatic
or
consular staff
,
delegates
from amongst their own
nationals
or the
nationals
of other
neutral Powers
. The said
delegates
shall be
subject
to the
approval
of the
Power
with which they are to carry out their
duties
. ...
ARTICLE-21
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... Upon the
outbreak of hostilities
, each
Party
to the
conflict
shall notify the
adverse
Party
of the
laws
and
regulations
allowing or forbidding its own
nationals
to
accept
liberty
on
parole
or
promise
.
Prisoners of war
who are paroled or who have given their
promise
in
conformity
with the
laws
and
regulations
so notified, are bound on their
personal
honour
scrupulously to fulfil, both towards the
Power
on which they depend and towards the
Power
which has captured them, the engagements of their
paroles
or
promises
. In such
cases
, the
Power
on which they depend is bound neither to require nor to
accept
from them any
service
incompatible with the
parole
or
promise
given. ...
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
shall
receive
training
and be provided with the means of
protection
suitable to the
work
they will have to do and similar to those accorded to the
nationals
of the
Detaining Power
.
Subject
to the
provisions
of Article
52
,
prisoners
may be submitted to the
normal
risks
run by these
civilian
workers
. ...
ARTICLE-53
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... The
duration
of the daily
labour
of
prisoners of war
,
including
the
time
of the
journey
to and fro, shall not be
excessive
, and must in no
case
exceed that permitted for
civilian
workers
in the
district
, who are
nationals
of the
Detaining Power
and employed on the same
work
. ...
ARTICLE-75
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... In the
absence
of
special agreements
, the
costs
occasioned by the use of such means of
transport
shall be
borne
proportionally by the
Parties to the conflict
whose
nationals
are benefited thereby. ...
ARTICLE-123
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... The
High Contracting Parties
, and in particular those whose
nationals
benefit
by the
services
of the
Central
Agency
, are requested to give the said
Agency
the
financial
aid
it may require. ...
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