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PRISONERS OF WAR
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c) transport and handling of stores which are not military in
character or purpose;
d) commercial business, and arts and crafts;
e) domestic service;
f) public utility services having no military character or purpose.
Should the above provisions be infringed, prisoners of war shall
be allowed to exercise their right of complaint, in conformity with
Article 78.
ART. 51. — Prisoners of war must be granted suitable working
conditions, especially as regards accommodation, food, clothing
and equipment; such conditions shall not be inferior to those
enjoyed by nationals of the Detaining Power employed in similar
work; account shall also be taken of climatic conditions.
The Detaining Power, in utilizing the labour of prisoners of war,
shall ensure that in areas in which prisoners are employed, the
national legislation concerning the protection of labour, and, more
particularly, the regulations for the safety of workers, are duly applied.
Prisoners of war shall receive training and be provided with the
means of protection suitable to the work they will have to do and
similar to those accorded to the nationals of the Detaining Power.
Subject to the provisions of Article 52, prisoners may be submitted
to the normal risks run by these civilian workers.
Conditions of labour shall in no case be rendered more arduous
by disciplinary measures.
Working
conditions
ART. 52. — Unless he be a volunteer, no prisoner of war may be
employed on labour which is of an unhealthy or dangerous nature.
No prisoner of war shall be assigned to labour which would be
looked upon as humiliating for a member of the Detaining Power’s
own forces.
The removal of mines or similar devices shall be considered as
dangerous labour.
Dangerous
or
humiliating
labour
ART. 53. — The duration of the daily labour of prisoners of war,
including the time of the journey to and from, shall not be excessive,
and must in no case exceed that permitted for civilian workers in the
district, who are nationals of the Detaining Power and employed on
the same work.
Prisoners of war must be allowed, in the middle of the day’s work,
a rest of not less than one hour. This rest will be the same as that to
which workers of the Detaining Power are entitled, if the latter is of
longer duration. They shall be allowed in addition a rest of
Duration
of labour
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