Source: https://opencasebook.org/casebooks/45698-international-humanitarian-law-laws-of-war/resources/7.2.5-convention-iii-relative-to-the-treatment-of-prisoners-of-war-geneva-august-12-1949
Timestamp: 2018-12-17 17:47:46
Document Index: 105482855

Matched Legal Cases: ['Art 63', 'Art 71', 'Art 79', 'Art 108', 'Art 110', 'Art 4', 'Art 70', 'Art 71', 'Art 120', 'Art 11', 'Art 63']

H2O | Resources | Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva, August 12, 1949
Section 7 . 2 . 5
Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva, August 12, 1949
Chapter III. Hygiene and Medical Attention
Art 63. Prisoners of war shall be permitted to receive remittances of money addressed to them individually or collectively.
Art 71. Prisoners of war shall be allowed to send and receive letters and cards. If the Detaining Power deems it necessary to limit the number of letters and cards sent by each prisoner of war, the said number shall not be less than two letters and four cards monthly, exclusive of the capture cards provided for in Article 70, and conforming as closely as possible to the models annexed to the present Convention. Further limitations may be imposed only if the Protecting Power is satisfied that it would be in the interests of the prisoners of war concerned to do so owing to difficulties of translation caused by the Detaining Power's inability to find sufficient qualified linguists to carry out the necessary censorship. If limitations must be placed on the correspondence addressed to prisoners of war, they may be ordered only by the Power on which the prisoners depend, possibly at the request of the Detaining Power. Such letters and cards must be conveyed by the most rapid method at the disposal of the Detaining Power; they may not be delayed or retained for disciplinary reasons.
Art 79. In all places where there are prisoners of war, except in those where there are officers, the prisoners shall freely elect by secret ballot, every six months, and also in case of vacancies, prisoners' representatives entrusted with representing them before the military authorities, the Protecting Powers, the International Committee of the Red Cross and any other organization which may assist them. These prisoners' representatives shall be eligible for re-election.
Art 108. Sentences pronounced on prisoners of war after a conviction has become duly enforceable, shall be served in the same establishments and under the same conditions as in the case of members of the armed forces of the Detaining Power. These conditions shall in all cases conform to the requirements of health and humanity.
Annex I. Model Agreement Concerning Direct Repatriation and Accommodation in Neutral Countries of Wounded and Sick Prisoners of War (see Art 110.)
(3) All sick prisoners of war whose condition has become chronic to the extent that prognosis seems to exclude recovery--in, spite of treatment-- within one year from the inception of the disease, as, for example, in case of:
Annex IV. (A) Identity Card (See Art 4.)
Annex IV. (B) Captured Card (See Art 70.)
Annex IV. (C) Correspondence Card and Letter (See Art 71.)
Annex IV. (D) Notification of Death (See Art 120.)
Annex IV. (E) Repatriation Certificate (See AnnexII, Art 11.)
Annex V. Model Regulations Concerning Payments Sent by Prisoners to their Own Country (See Art 63.)
(2) The notification will be signed by the prisoner of war, or his witnessed mark made upon it if he cannot write, and shall be countersigned by the prisoners' representative.
(4) The notification may be made up in lists, each sheet of such lists being witnessed by the prisoners' representative and certified by the camp commander.