receive
... 2. The
persons belonging to one of the
categories enumerated in the present Article, who have been
received by
neutral or non-belligerent
Powers on their
territory and whom these
Powers are required to intern under
international law, without
prejudice to any more
favourable treatment which these
Powers may
choose to give and with the
exception of Articles
8,
10,
15,
30, fifth paragraph,
58-
67,
92,
126 and, where
diplomatic relations exist between the
Parties to the conflict and the
neutral or non-belligerent
Power concerned, those Articles
concerning the
Protecting Power. Where such
diplomatic relations exist, the
Parties to a
conflict on whom these
persons depend shall be allowed to perform towards them the
functions of a
Protecting Power as provided in the present
Convention, without
prejudice to the
functions which these
Parties normally
exercise in
conformity with
diplomatic and
consular usage and
treaties. ...
...
Prisoners of war shall be allowed to
receive by
post or by any other means
individual parcels or
collective shipments containing, in particular, foodstuffs,
clothing,
medical supplies and articles of a
religious,
educational or
recreational character which may
meet their needs,
including books,
devotional articles,
scientific equipment,
examination papers,
musical instruments,
sports outfits and
materials allowing
prisoners of war to pursue their
studies or their
cultural activities. ...
ARTICLE-98: III. Judicial proceedings [
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...
Subject to the
measures which the
Detaining Powers may consider essential to ensure their
security or to
meet any other
reasonable need, the
representatives of
religious organizations,
relief societies, or any other
organization assisting
prisoners of war, shall
receive from the said
Powers, for themselves and their duly
accredited agents, all necessary
facilities for
visiting the
prisoners, distributing
relief supplies and
material, from any
source, intended for
religious,
educational or recreative
purposes, and for assisting them in organizing their
leisure time within the
camps. Such
societies or
organizations may be constituted in the
territory of the
Detaining Power or in any other
country, or they may have an
international character. ...