Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C01093:schedule:3:p48
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C01093
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 3 (pt 48/50)
Character Range: 231647–234420

grave breaches defined in the following Article.
 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.
Article 130
 Grave breaches to which the preceding Article relates shall be those involving any of the following acts, if committed against persons or property protected by the Convention: wilful killing, torture or inhuman treatment, including biological experiments, wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health, compelling a prisoner of war to serve in the forces of the hostile Power, or wilfully depriving a prisoner of war of the rights of fair and regular trial prescribed in this Convention.
Article 131
 No High Contracting Party shall be allowed to absolve itself or any other High Contracting Party of any liability incurred by itself or by another High Contracting Party in respect of breaches referred to in the preceding Article.
Article 132
 At the request of a Party to the conflict, an enquiry shall be instituted, in a manner to be decided between the interested Parties, concerning any alleged violation of the Convention.
 If agreement has not been reached concerning the procedure for the enquiry, the Parties should agree on the choice of an umpire who will decide upon the procedure to be followed.
 Once the violation has been established, the Parties to the conflict shall put an end to it and shall repress it with the least possible delay.
Section II.—Final Provisions
Article 133
 The present Convention is established in English and in French. Both texts are equally authentic.
 The Swiss Federal Council shall arrange for official translations of the Convention to be made in the Russian and Spanish languages.
Article 134
 The present Convention replaces the Convention of July 27, 1929, in relations between the High Contracting Parties.
Article 135
 In the relations between the Powers which are bound by the Hague Convention respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, whether that of July 29, 1899, or that of October 18, 1907, and which are parties to the present Convention, this last Convention shall be complementary to Chapter II of the Regulations annexed to the above‑mentioned Conventions of the Hague.
Article 136
 The present Convention, which bears the date of this day, is open to signature until February 12, 1950, in the name of the Powers represented at the conference which opened at Geneva on April 21, 1949; furthermore, by Powers not represented at that Conference, but which are parties to the Convention of July 27, 1929.
Article 137
 The present Convention shall be ratified as soon as possible and the ratifications shall