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THIRD GENEVA CONVENTION OF 1949
None of the preceding provisions shall relieve the Detaining
Power of its obligations with regard to prisoners of war from the
medical or spiritual point of view.
CHAPTER V
Religious, Intellectual and Physical Activities
Religious
duties
ART. 34. — Prisoners of war shall enjoy complete latitude in the
exercise of their religious duties, including attendance at the service
of their faith, on condition that they comply with the disciplinary
routine prescribed by the military authorities.
Adequate premises shall be provided where religious services
may be held.
Retained
chaplains
ART. 35. — Chaplains who fall into the hands of the enemy Power
and who remain or are retained with a view to assisting prisoners of
war, shall be allowed to minister to them and to exercise freely their
ministry amongst prisoners of war of the same religion, in
accordance with their religious conscience. They shall be allocated
among the various camps and labour detachments containing
prisoners of war belonging to the same forces, speaking the same
language or practising the same religion. They shall enjoy the
necessary facilities, including the means of transport provided for
in Article 33, for visiting the prisoners of war outside their camp.
They shall be free to correspond, subject to censorship, on matters
concerning their religious duties with the ecclesiastical authorities
in the country of detention and with international religious
organizations. Letters and cards which they may send for this
purpose shall be in addition to the quota provided for in Article 71.
Prisoners
who are
ministers of
religion
ART. 36. — Prisoners of war who are ministers of religion,
without having officiated as chaplains to their own forces, shall be at
liberty, whatever their denomination, to minister freely to the
members of their community. For this purpose, they shall receive
the same treatment as the chaplains retained by the Detaining
Power. They shall not be obliged to do any other work.
Prisoners
without a
minister of
their religion
ART. 37. — When prisoners of war have not the assistance of a
retained chaplain or of a prisoner of war minister of their faith, a
minister belonging to the prisoners’ or a similar denomination, or in
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