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ARTICLE-6
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Prisoners of war
shall
continue
to have the
benefit
of such
agreements
as long as the
Convention
is applicable to them, except where express
provisions
to the
contrary
are contained in the aforesaid or in
subsequent
agreements
, or where more
favourable
measures
have been taken with
regard
to them by one or other of the
Parties to the conflict
. ...
ARTICLE-14
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Prisoners of war
are entitled in all
circumstances
to
respect
for their
persons
and their
honour
.
Women
shall be treated with all the
regard
due
to their
sex
and shall in all
cases
benefit
by
treatment
as
favourable
as that
granted
to
men
.
Prisoners of war
shall retain the full
civil
capacity
which they enjoyed at the
time
of their
capture
. The
Detaining Power
may not
restrict
the
exercise
, either within or without its own
territory
, of the
rights
such
capacity
confers
except in so far as the
captivity
requires. ...
ARTICLE-25
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... The foregoing
provisions
shall apply in particular to the
dormitories
of
prisoners of war
as
regards
both total
surface
and
minimum
cubic
space
, and the
general
installations
,
bedding
and
blankets
. ...
ARTICLE-33
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... None of the preceding
provisions
shall relieve the
Detaining Power
of its
obligations
with
regard
to
prisoners of war
from the
medical
or
spiritual
point of
view
. ...
ARTICLE-44
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Officers
and
prisoners
of
equivalent
status
shall be treated with the
regard
due
to their
rank
and
age
. ...
ARTICLE-45
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Prisoners of war
other than
officers
and
prisoners
of
equivalent
status
shall be treated with the
regard
due
to their
rank
and
age
. ...
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
. ...
ARTICLE-55
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... The fitness of
prisoners of war
for
work
shall be
periodically
verified
by
medical
examinations
at least once a
month
. The
examinations
shall have particular
regard
to the
nature
of the
work
which
prisoners of war
are required to do. ...
ARTICLE-63
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... Every
prisoner of war
shall have at his
disposal
the
credit balance
of his
account
as provided for in the following Article, within the
limits
fixed by the
Detaining Power
, which shall make such payments as are requested.
Subject
to
financial
or
monetary
restrictions
which the
Detaining Power
regards
as essential,
prisoners of war
may also have payments made abroad. In this
case
payments addressed by
prisoners of war
to dependants shall be given
priority
. ...
ARTICLE-114
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Prisoners of war
who
meet
with
accidents
shall, unless the
injury
is
self-inflicted
, have the
benefit
of the
provisions
of this
Convention
as
regards
repatriation
or
accommodation
in a
neutral country
. ...
ARTICLE-119
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Repatriation
shall be effected in
conditions
similar to those laid down in Articles
46
to
48
inclusive of the present
Convention
for the
transfer
of
prisoners of war
, having
regard
to the
provisions
of Article
118
and to those of the following paragraphs. ...
ARTICLE-122
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... Within the shortest possible
period
, each of the
Parties to the conflict
shall give its
Bureau
the
information
referred to in the fourth, fifth and sixth paragraphs of this Article regarding any
enemy
person
belonging to one of the
categories
referred to in Article
4
, who has fallen into its
power
.
Neutral
or non-belligerent
Powers
shall take the same
action
with
regard
to
persons
belonging to such
categories
whom they have
received
within their
territory
. ...
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