Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War 1949, para. A.2 (d)
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Art 4. A. Prisoners of war, in the sense of the present Convention, are persons belonging to one of the following categories, who have fallen into the power of the enemy: (2) Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict and operating in or outside their own territory, even if this territory is occupied, provided that such militias or volunteer corps, including such organized resistance movements, fulfil the following conditions: (d) that of conducting their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war.
Legal status
Legally binding
Body
International Committee of the Red Cross
Document type
International treaty
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Humanitarian
Year
1949
Paragraph type
Article
Reference
Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (1949), Article 4, A.2 (d).