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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 ..............................................................
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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 ................................................................
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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
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