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Agreements, Declarations and

Conventions

Volume II

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Geneva Conventions of 1949

4

History

4

Overview

4

Article 3, Commonly Applied to All Four Protocols

of the General Conventions.

4

Applicability of the Geneva Conventions

4

Enforcement of the Geneva Conventions

5

Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of

the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. 5

Preamble

5

Chapter I. General Provisions

5

Chapter II. Wounded and Sick

6

Chapter III. Medical Units and Establishments

7

Chapter IV. Personnel

8

Chapter V. Buildings and Material

9

Chapter VI. Medical Transports

9

Chapter VII. The Distinctive Emblem

9

Chapter VIII. Execution of the Convention

10

Chapter IX. Repression of Abuses and Infractions

10

Final Provisions

11

Annex I. Draft Agreement Relating to Hospital

Zones and Localities

12

Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition

of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of

Armed Forces at Sea

12

Preamble

12

Chapter I. General Provisions

12

Chapter II. Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked

14

Chapter III. Hospital Ships

15

Chapter IV. Personnel

16

Chapter V. Medical Transports

16

Chapter VI. The Distinctive Emblem

16

Chapter VII. Execution of the Convention

17

Chapter VIII. Repression of Abuses and Infractions

17

Final Provisions

17

Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners

of War

18

Preamble

18

Part I. General Provisions

18

Part II. General Protection of Prisoners of War

20

Part III. Captivity

20

Section 1. Beginning of Captivity

20

Section II. Internment of Prisoners of War

21

Chapter I. General Observations

21

Chapter II. Quarters, Food and Clothing of

Prisoners of War

21

Chapter III. Hygiene and Medical

Attention

22

Chapter IV. Medical Personnel and

Chaplains Retained to Assist Prisoners of

War

22

Chapter V. Religious, Intellectual and

Physical Activities

23

Chapter VI. Discipline

23

Chapter VII. Rank of Prisoners of War

24

Chapter VIII. Transfer of Prisoners of War

after their Arrival in Camp

24

Section III. Labour of Prisoners of War

24

Section IV. Financial Resources of Prisoners of

War

25

Section V. Relations of Prisoners of War With

the Exterior

26

Section VI. Relations Between Prisoners of

War and the Authorities

28

Chapter I. Complaints of Prisoners of War

Respecting the Conditions of Captivity 28

Chapter II. Prisoner of War

Representatives

28

Chapter III. Penal and Disciplinary

Sanctions

28

I. General Provisions

28

II. Disciplinary Sanctions

29

III. Juridical Proceedings

30

Part IV. Termination of Captivity

31

Section I. Direct Repatriation and

Accommodation in Neutral Countries

31

Section II. Release and Repatriation of

Prisoners of War at the Close of Hostilities

32

Section III. Death of Prisoners of War

33

PART V. Information Bureaux and Relief Societies

for Prisoners of War

33

Part VI. Execution of the Convention

34

Section I. General Provisions

34

Section II. Final Provisions

35

Annex I. Model Agreement Concerning Direct

Repatriation and Accommodation in Neutral

Countries of Wounded and Sick Prisoners of War.

(see Art 110.)

36

Annex II. Regulations Concerning Mixed Medical

Commissions (see Art 112.)

37

Annex III. Regulations Concerning Collective

Relief (See Art 73.)

38

Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian

Persons in Time of War

38

Preamble

38

Part I. General Provisions

38

Part II. General Protection of Populations Against

Certain Consequences of War

40

Part III. Status and Treatment of Protected

Persons

41

Section I. Provisions common to the

territories of the parties to the conflict and to

occupied territories

41

Section II. Aliens in the territory of a party to

the conflict

42

Section III. Occupied territories

43

Section IV. Regulations for the treatment of

internees

46

Chapter I. General provisions

46

Chapter II. Places of Internment

47

Chapter III. Food and Clothing

47

Chapter IV. Hygiene and Medical

Attention

48

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