Plan International - Girls' Rights Platform - Girls' rights are human rights: Positioning girls at the heart of the international agenda

0031-0330 irl.qxd 2.3.2009 14:19 Page 85 III GENEVA CONVENTION RELATIVE TO THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR OF 12 AUGUST 1949 PART I General Provisions Article 1 Respect for the Convention ....................................................... Article 2 Application of the Convention .................................................. Article 3 Conflicts not of an international character ............................... Article 4 Prisoners of war ......................................................................... Article 5 Beginning and end of application ............................................. Article 6 Special agreements..................................................................... Article 7 Non-renunciation of rights........................................................ Article 8 Protecting Powers ...................................................................... Article 9 Activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross .... Article 10 Substitutes for Protecting Powers .............................................. Article 11 Conciliation procedure .............................................................. 91 91 91 92 94 94 94 95 95 95 96 PART II General Protection of Prisoners of War Article 12 Responsibility for the treatment of prisoners ........................... Article 13 Humane treatment of prisoners ................................................ Article 14 Respect for the person of prisoners........................................... Article 15 Maintenance of prisoners .......................................................... Article 16 Equality of treatment ................................................................ 96 97 97 97 97 PART III Captivity SECTION I – Article 17 Article 18 Article 19 Article 20 Beginning of Captivity Questioning of prisoners ........................................................... Property of prisoners................................................................. Evacuation of prisoners ............................................................. Conditions of evacuation. ......................................................... SECTION II – Internment of Prisoners of War CHAPTER I – Article 21 GENERAL OBSERVATIONS Restriction of liberty of movement ........................................... 100 98 98 99 99