Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War 1949, para. undefined
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Art 14. Prisoners of war are entitled in all circumstances to respect for their persons and their honour. Women shall be treated with all the regard due to their sex and shall in all cases benefit by treatment as favourable as that granted to men. Prisoners of war shall retain the full civil capacity which they enjoyed at the time of their capture. The Detaining Power may not restrict the exercise, either within or without its own territory, of the rights such capacity confers except in so far as the captivity requires.
Legal status
Legally binding
Body
International Committee of the Red Cross
Document type
International treaty
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
Women
Year
1949
Paragraph type
Article
Reference
Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (1949), Article 14.