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2.Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps,...
3.Members of regular armed forces who profess allegiance to a...
4.Persons who accompany the armed forces without actually being members...
5.Members of crews including masters, pilots and apprentices, of the...
6.Inhabitants of a non-occupied territory who on the approach of...
CHAPTER II.—WOUNDED, SICK AND SHIPWRECKED
2.Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps,...
3.Members of regular armed forces who profess allegiance to a...
4.Persons who accompany the armed forces without actually being members...
5.Members of crews, including masters, pilots and apprentices, of the...
6.Inhabitants of a non-occupied territory who, on the approach of...
GENEVA CONVENTION RELATIVE TO THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR
A.Prisoners of war, in the sense of the present Convention,...
2.Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps,...
3.Members of regular armed forces who profess allegiance to a...
4.Persons who accompany the armed forces without actually being members...
5.Members of crews, including masters, pilots and apprentices of the...
6.Inhabitants of a non-occupied territory, who on the approach of...
B.he following shall likewise be treated as prisoners of war...
1.Persons belonging, or having belonged, to the armed forces of...
2.The persons belonging to one of the categories enumerated in...
Section VI.—Relations between Prisoners of War and the Authorities
Chapter I.—Complaints of Prisoners of War respecting the Conditions of Captivity
Chapter III.—Penal and Disciplinary Sanctions
2.discontinuance or privileges granted over and above the treatment provided...
4.confinement. The punishment referred to under (3) shall not be...
3.specification of the charge or charges on which the prisoner...
4.designation of the court which will try the case, likewise...
2.a summarised report of any preliminary investigation and of the...
3.notification, where applicable, of the establishment where the sentence will...
PART IV.—TERMINATION OF CAPTIVITY
Section I.—Direct Repatriation and Accommodation in Neutral Countries
1.incurably wounded and sick whose mental or physical fitness seems...
2.wounded and sick who, according to medical opinion, are not...
3.wounded and sick who have recovered, but whose mental or...
1.wounded and sick whose recovery may be expected within one...
2.prisoners of war whose mental or physical health, according to...
2.those whose mental or physical powers remain, even after treatment,...
Section II.—Release and Repatriation of Prisoners of War at the close of Hostilities
PART V.—INFORMATION BUREAUX AND RELIEF SOCIETIES FOR PRISONERS OF WAR
GENEVA CONVENTION RELATIVE TO THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIAN PERSONS IN TIME OF WAR
PART II.—GENERAL PROTECTION OF POPULATIONS AGAINST CERTAIN CONSEQUENCES OF WAR
PART III.—STATUS AND TREATMENT OF PROTECTED PERSONS
Section II.—Aliens in the Territory of a Party to the Conflict
Section III.—Occupied Territories
Article 5— Appointment of Protecting Powers and of their substitute
2.From the beginning of a situation referred to in Article...
3.If a Protecting Power has not been designated or accepted...
4.If, despite the foregoing, there is no Protecting Power, the...
5.In accordance with Article 4, the designation and acceptance of...
6.The maintenance of diplomatic relations between Parties to the conflict...
7.Any subsequent mention in this Protocol of a Protecting Power...
PART II Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked
Article 13— Discontinuance of protection of civilian medical units
Article 14— Limitations on requisition of civilian medical units
Article 15— Protection of civilian medical and religious personnel
1.Civilian medical personnel shall be respected and protected.
2.If needed, all available help shall be afforded to civilian...
3.The Occupying Power shall afford civilian medical personnel in occupied...
4.Civilian medical personnel shall have access to any place where...
5.Civilian religious personnel shall be respected and protected. The provisions...
Article 17— Role of the civilian population and of aid societies
1.Each Party to the conflict shall endeavour to ensure that...
2.Each Party to the conflict shall also endeavour to adopt...
3.In occupied territory and in areas where fighting is taking...
4.With the consent of the competent authority, medical units and...
8.The provisions of the Conventions and of this Protocol relating...
Article 19— Neutral and other States not Parties to the conflict
Article 25— Medical aircraft in areas not controlled by an adverse Party
Article 27— Medical aircraft in areas controlled by an adverse Party
Article 29— Notifications and agreements concerning medical aircraft
1.Notifications under Article 25, or requests for prior agreement under...
2.A Party which receives a notification given under Article 25...
3.A Party which receives a request for prior agreement under...
4.The Parties shall take the necessary measures to ensure that...
5.The Parties shall also take the necessary measures to disseminate...
Article 31— Neutral or other States not Parties to the conflict
PART III Methods and Means of Warfare Combatant and Prisoner-of-War Status
Article 44— Combatants and prisoners of war
1.Any combatant, as defined in Article 43, who falls into...
2.While all combatants are obliged to comply with the rules...
3.In order to promote the protection of the civilian population...
7.This Article is not intended to change the generally accepted...
8.In addition to the categories of persons mentioned in Article...
Article 45— Protection of persons who have taken part in hostilities
SECTION I— GENERAL PROTECTION AGAINST EFFECTS OF HOSTILITIES
Article 51— Protection of the civilian population
1.The civilian population and individual civilians shall enjoy general protection...
2.The civilian population as such, as well as individual civilians,...
3.Civilians shall enjoy the protection afforded by this Section, unless...
4.Indiscriminate attacks are prohibited. Indiscriminate attacks are:
6.Attacks against the civilian population or civilians by way of...
7.The presence or movements of the civilian population or individual...
8.Any violation of these prohibitions shall not release the Parties...
Article 53— Protection of cultural objects and of places of worship
Article 54— Protection of objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population
1.Starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is prohibited....
2.It is prohibited to attack, destroy, remove or render useless...
3.The prohibitions in paragraph 2 shall not apply to such...
4.These objects shall not be made the object of reprisals....
5.In recognition of the vital requirements of any Party to...
Article 56— Protection of works and installations containing dangerous forces
1.Works or installations containing dangerous forces, namely dams, dykes and...
2.The special protection against attack provided by paragraph 1 shall...
3.In all cases, the civilian population and individual civilians shall...
4.It is prohibited to make any of the works, installations...
5.The Parties to the conflict shall endeavour to avoid locating...
6.The High Contracting Parties and the Parties to the conflict...
7.In order to facilitate the identification of the objects protected...
Article 59— Non-defended localities
2.The appropriate authorities of a Party to the conflict may...
3.The presence, in this locality, of persons specially protected under...
4.The declaration made under paragraph 2 shall be addressed to...
5.The Parties to the conflict may agree on the establishment...
7.A locality loses its status as a non-defended locality when...
Article 63— Civil defence in occupied territories
1.In occupied territories, civilian civil defence organisations shall receive from...
2.The Occupying Power shall not compel, coerce or induce civilian...
3.The Occupying Power may disarm civil defence personnel for reasons...
4.The Occupying Power shall neither divert from their proper use...
5.Provided that the general rule in paragraph 4 continues to...
6.The Occupying Power shall neither divert nor requisition shelters provided...
1.Each Party to the conflict shall endeavour to ensure that...
2.Each Party to the conflict shall also endeavour to adopt...
3.In occupied territories and in areas where fighting is taking...
4.The international distinctive sign of civil defence is an equilateral...
5.In addition to the distinctive sign, Parties to the conflict...
8.The High Contracting Parties and the Parties to the conflict...
9.The identification of civil defence medical and religious personnel, medical...
Article 67— Members of the armed forces and military units assigned to civil defence organisations
1.If the civilian population of any territory under the control...
2.The Parties to the conflict and each High Contracting Party...
3.The Parties to the conflict and each High Contracting Party...
4.The Parties to the conflict shall protect relief consignments and...
5.The Parties to the conflict and each High Contracting Party...
SECTION III— TREATMENT OF PERSONS IN THE POWER OF A PARTY TO THE CONFLICT
CHAPTER I— FIELD OF APPLICATION AND PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND OBJECTS
Article 75— Fundamental guarantees
2.The following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any...
3.Any person arrested, detained or interned for actions related to...
5.Women whose liberty has been restricted for reasons related to...
6.Persons who are arrested, detained or interned for reasons related...
7.In order to avoid any doubt concerning the prosecution and...
8.No provision of this Article may be construed as limiting...
PART V Execution of the Conventions and of this Protocol
Article 81— Activities of the Red Cross and other humanitarian organisations
SECTION II— REPRESSION OF BREACHES OF THE CONVENTIONS AND OF THIS PROTOCOL
Article 85— Repression of breaches of this Protocol
1.The provisions of the Conventions relating to the repression of...
2.Acts described as grave breaches in the Conventions are grave...
3.In addition to the grave breaches defined in Article 11,...
4.In addition to the grave breaches defined in the preceding...
5.Without prejudice to the application of the Conventions and of...
Article 90— International Fact-Finding Commission
1.(a) An International Fact-Finding Commission (hereinafter referred to as “...
3.(a) Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties concerned, all enquiries...
5.(a) The Commission shall submit to the Parties a report...
6.The Commission shall establish its own rules, including rules for...
7.The administrative expenses of the Commission shall be met by...
Article 96— Treaty relations upon entry into force of this Protocol
Article 2— Identity card for permanent civilian medical and religious personnel
Article 3— Identity card for temporary civilian medical and religious personnel
Article 14— Signals and procedures for the interception of medical aircraft.
CHAPTER VI— WORKS AND INSTALLATIONS CONTAINING DANGEROUS FORCES
ANNEX II Identity Card for Journalists on Dangerous Professional Missions
PART III Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked
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