Source: https://ihl-in-action.icrc.org/print/21137
Timestamp: 2020-07-09 13:58:41
Document Index: 327509227

Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 2', 'Art. 1', 'Art. 4', 'Arts 43', 'Art. 126', 'Arts 76', 'Art. 118', 'ART/365', 'ART/375', 'ART/470']

Home > Georgia/Russia, Release of Prisoners of War
[Source: ICRC, “Georgia/Russian Federation: ICRC delivers assistance to civilians in conflict affected areas”, 12 August 2008, available at https://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/interview/georgia-interview-120808.htm [1]]
[Source: Reliefweb, “Background: Six-point peace plan for the Georgia-Russia conflict”, 15 August 2008, available at: https://reliefweb.int/report/georgia/background-six-point-peace-plan-georgia-russia-conflict [2]]
[Source: The Telegraph, “Russia and Georgia in tense exchange of prisoners”, 19 August 2008, available at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/georgia/2584312/Russia-and-Georgia-in-tense-exchange-of-prisoners.html [3]]
[Source: Independent International Fact Finding Mission on the conflict in Georgia, “Report: Volume II”, p. 359, 25 September 2009, available at http://www.mpil.de/files/pdf4/IIFFMCG_Volume_II1.pdf [4], footnotes ommitted]
2. Which rules of IHL applied to the situation involving Georgia and Russia? (GC I-IV, Art. 2 [5]; P I, Art. 1 [6]) Does the classification of the situation matter to determine whether IHL was respected in this case?
3. Who is entitled to POW status, and under which conditions? (GC III, Art. 4 [7];P I, Arts 43 [8], 44 [9]; CIHL, Rule 106 [10])
4. Are States obliged under IHL to grant the ICRC access to visit the POWs in an international armed conflict? If yes, does this obligation extend to the period following the cessation of active hostilities? Is access to detainees by the ICRC subjected to any particular conditions? Can the detaining power prohibit or restrict ICRC visits to persons detained in relation to an armed conflict? (GC III, Art. 126 [11]; GC IV, Arts 76 [12], 143 [13];CIHL, Rule 124 [14])
5. What does IHL say about release and repatriation of POWs? When shall the POWs be released? Repatriated? Can the release of POWs occur without repatriation? Is the signature of an agreement between the Parties to the conflict a necessary precondition for the release and repatriation of POWs? Can POWs be unilaterally released during the armed conflict? (GC III Art. 118 [15]; CIHL, Rule 128 [16])
Source URL: https://ihl-in-action.icrc.org/case-study/georgiarussia-release-prisoners-war
[1] https://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/interview/georgia-interview-120808.htm
[2] https://reliefweb.int/report/georgia/background-six-point-peace-plan-georgia-russia-conflict
[3] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/georgia/2584312/Russia-and-Georgia-in-tense-exchange-of-prisoners.html
[4] http://www.mpil.de/files/pdf4/IIFFMCG_Volume_II1.pdf
[5] https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/ART/365-570005?OpenDocument
[7] https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/ART/375-590007?OpenDocument
[8] https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=AF64638EB5530E58C12563CD0051DB93
[9] https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/ART/470-750054?OpenDocument
[10] https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v1_rul_rule106
[11] https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=7906C83A016D8A9EC12563CD0051B596
[12] https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=076982CDB0849904C12563CD0051BFFD
[13] https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=E902285DB5A35160C12563CD0051C602
[14] https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v1_rul_rule124
[15] https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=1F24D0C949FE1B83C12563CD0051B48C
[16] https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v1_rul_rule128