Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C01093:schedule:4:p10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C01093
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 4 (pt 10/49)
Character Range: 260478–263309

shall be confined to the compulsory use of standard forms containing twenty‑five freely chosen words, and to the limitation of the number of these forms despatched to one each month.
Article 26
 Each Party to the conflict shall facilitate enquiries made by members of families dispersed owing to the war, with the object of renewing contact with one another and of meeting, if possible. It shall encourage, in particular, the work of organizations engaged on this task provided they are acceptable to it and conform to its security regulations.
PART III.—STATUS AND TREATMENT OF PROTECTED PERSONS
Section i.—Provisions Common to the Territories of the Parties to the Conflict and to Occupied Territories
Article 27
 Protected persons are entitled, in all circumstances, to respect for their persons, their honour, their family rights, their religious convictions and practices, and their manners and customs. They shall at all times be humanely treated, and shall be protected especially against all acts of violence or threats thereof and against insults and public curiosity.
 Women shall be especially protected against any attack on their honour, in particular against rape, enforced prostitution, or any form of indecent assault.
 Without prejudice to the provisions relating to their state of health, age and sex, all protected persons shall be treated with the same consideration by the Party to the conflict in whose power they are, without any adverse distinction based, in particular, on race, religion or political opinion.
 However, the Parties to the conflict may take such measures of control and security in regard to protected persons as may be necessary as a result of the war.
Article 28
 The presence of a protected person may not be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations.
Article 29
 The Party to the conflict in whose hands protected persons may be, is responsible for the treatment accorded to them by its agents, irrespective of any individual responsibility which may be incurred.
Article 30
 Protected persons shall have every facility for making application to the Protecting Powers, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the National Red Cross (Red Crescent, Red Lion and Sun) Society of the country where they may be, as well as to any organization that might assist them.
 These several organizations shall be granted all facilities for that purpose by the authorities, within the bounds set by military or security considerations.
 Apart from the visits of the delegates of the Protecting Powers and of the International Committee of the Red Cross, provided for by Article 143, the Detaining or Occupying Powers shall facilitate as much as possible visits to protected persons by the representatives of other organizations whose object is to give spiritual aid