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    Third Geneva Convention, relative to the treatment of prisoners of war, is one of the four treaties of the Geneva Conventions. The Geneva Convention relative...
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    The Geneva Conventions are international humanitarian laws consisting of four treaties and three additional protocols that establish international legal...
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    state. They are: The Geneva Conventions First Geneva Convention Second Geneva Convention Third Geneva Convention Fourth Geneva Convention Additional Protocols...
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    related to this article: Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War The Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War was signed at Geneva, July 27, 1929. Its official...
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    and refers to persons who are under specific protection of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, their 1977 Additional Protocols, and customary international humanitarian...
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    International Red Cross during World War II under these terms. Under the Third Geneva Convention of 1949, that is covered by Articles 109 to 117. The Second World...
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    included in the Third Geneva Convention, the phrase itself does not appear in the document. Article 4 of the Third Geneva Convention does describe categories...
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    medical personnel and chaplains covered by Article 33 of the Third [Geneva] Convention) are combatants, that is to say, they have the right to participate...
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  • The 1929 Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War was adopted in 1929 but was significantly revised and replaced by the Third Geneva Convention in 1949....
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  • Fourth Geneva Convention, Article 15. Third Geneva Convention, Article 4 First Geneva Convention, 12 August 1949. Second Geneva Convention, 12 August...
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    Geneva Convention on the Prisoners of War and were largely revised in the Third Geneva Convention in 1949. Article 4 of the Third Geneva Convention protects...
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    technically means "main camp". According to the Third Geneva Convention of 1929 and its predecessor, the Hague Convention of 1907, Section IV, Chapter 2, these...
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    committed or ordered certain "grave breaches" of the laws of war. (Third Geneva Convention, Article 129 and Article 130.) Combatants who break specific provisions...
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    significantly revised and replaced by the Second Geneva Convention of 1949. The Third Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War was...
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  • Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1929, which met from the 27 July until the 1 August of that year. It was the third convention to address the issues of...
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    Privilege and Identification Card (also known as U.S. military ID, Geneva Conventions Identification Card, or less commonly abbreviated USPIC) is an identity...
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    Kriegsgefangenenlager) during World War II (1939-1945). Germany signed the Third Geneva Convention of 1929, which established norms relating to the treatment of prisoners...
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  • 1951 Refugee Convention), children (the Convention on the Rights of the Child), and prisoners of war (the 1949 Third Geneva Convention). The General...
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    Protocol III is a 2005 amendment protocol to the Geneva Conventions relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem. Under the protocol, the...
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    [citation needed] Per the 1929 Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War, later superseded by the Third Geneva Convention, such camps have been required to...
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  • Sources of international law include international agreements (the Geneva Conventions), customary international law, general principles of nations, and...
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    own territory, even if the territory is under occupation. The Third Geneva Convention of 1949 uses "regular armed forces" as a critical distinction....
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    Protocol II is a 1977 amendment protocol to the Geneva Conventions relating to the protection of victims of non-international armed conflicts. It defines...
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    also serves as an identification card under the Geneva Conventions (especially the Third Geneva Convention). In combination with a personal identification...
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    camp, Stalag IX-B; the latter contravened the provisions of the Third Geneva Convention and the Hague Treaties. Many prisoners died as a result of malnutrition...
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    summary execution is legal. Major treaties such as the Geneva Conventions and Hague Conventions, and customary international law from history, protect...
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    a surrender ceremony was accompanied by the honors of war. The Third Geneva Convention states that prisoners of war should not be mistreated or abused...
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    Attorney General Ramsey Clark argued that these attacks violated the Third Geneva Convention, Common Article 3, which outlaws the killing of soldiers who "are...
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  • was significantly revised and replaced by the Third Geneva Convention of 1949. The Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons...
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    custody would be designated as JSP, which were not subject to the Third Geneva Convention's rules on prisoners, and had few legal protections. The Japanese...
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