Prisoners of war and the wounded or sick Sample Clauses

Prisoners of war and the wounded or sick. Although combatants and other persons taking a direct part in hostilities are military objectives and may be attacked, the moment such persons surrender or are rendered hors de combat, they become entitled to protection.193 That protection is provided for all conflicts by common Article 3 and for inter- national conflicts in the First and Third Geneva Conventions relating to the treatment of the ‘wounded, sick and shipwrecked’ and ‘prisoners of war’, respectively,194 supplemented by Additional Protocol I. As noted above, these 184 Specific obligations relating to Occupying Powers are addressed at 6A.3.4 below. 185 See Article 4 XX XX and Xxxxx´ Jurisdiction Decision, supra note 19, para. 578-84. 186 This includes ‘all measures required to ensure the safety of civilians ...’. Xxxxxx, supra note 67, p. 212. 187 Article 38 XX XX – medical care, religion, freedom to leave territory, as discussed by Xxxxxx, supra note 67, p. 283, and Article 39 XX XX (right to work). 188 Article 27(1) XX XX. 189 See provisions of XX XX and AP I in Chapter 8 on Guantanamo Bay. 190 The guarantee of property rights is found principally in Article 46(2) of the 1907 Hague Regulations rather than the Geneva Conventions, although see also Article 53 XX XX. 191 Article 24 XX XX; see also Article 77 AP I. These rights under IHL are supplemented by those enshrined in human rights law, which applies to all persons within a state’s territory and subject to its jurisdiction, irrespective of nationality, as described in the following chapter. 192 See Article 59 XX XX on the duties of occupying powers to ‘allow and facilitate rapid and unimpeded passage’ of relief operations and Article 23 XX XX which imposes a similar obligation on all high contracting parties. Article 70 AP I extended the obligation to accept humanitarian relief to civilians in any territory of a party to the conflict. 193 This section deals with POWs and Sick and Wounded. See the basic rights to which all detainees are entitled in Chapter 8 in relation to the Guantanamo detainees. 194 GC I and III. Conventions are binding as treaty law, but the key provisions are in any event customary in nature.195 As regards ‘prisoner of war’ status, which arises in international armed conflict, the Third Geneva Convention imposes limits on those who are entitled to such status. These include: (a) members of the armed forces of the opposing party, whether they belong to a recognised government or not, (b) members of militia or volunteer ...
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