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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
. ...
ARTICLE-21
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... The
Detaining Power
may
subject
prisoners of war
to
internment
. It may impose on them the
obligation
of not leaving, beyond certain
limits
, the
camp
where they are interned, or if the said
camp
is fenced in, of not going outside its perimeter.
Subject
to the
provisions
of the present
Convention
relative to
penal
and
disciplinary
sanctions
,
prisoners of war
may not be held in close
confinement
except where necessary to
safeguard
their
health
and then only during the continuation of the
circumstances
which make such
confinement
necessary. ...
ARTICLE-92
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... Article
88
, fourth paragraph, notwithstanding,
prisoners of war
punished
as a result of an
unsuccessful escape
may be subjected to
special surveillance
. Such
surveillance
must not
affect
the
state
of their
health
, must be undergone in a
prisoner of war camp
, and must not entail the
suppression
of any of the
safeguards
granted
them by the present
Convention
. ...
ARTICLE-129
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... In all
circumstances
, the
accused
persons
shall
benefit
by
safeguards
of proper
trial
and
defence
, which shall not be less
favourable
than those provided by Article
105
and those following of the present
Convention
. ...
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