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 1 1 Conciliation procedure
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
SECTION I Beginning of Captivity
Article 17 Questioning of prisoners
Article 18 Property of prisoners
Article 19 Evacuation of prisoners
Article 20 Conditions of evacuation
SECTION II Internment of Prisoners of War
CHAPTER I GENERAL OBSERVATIONS
Article 21 Restriction of liberty of movement
Article 22 Places and conditions of internment
Article 23 Security of prisoners
Article 24 Permanent transit camps
CHAPTER II QUARTERS, FOOD AND CLOTHING OF PRISONERS OF WAR
Article 25 Quarters
Article 26 Food
Article 27 Clothing
Article 28 Canteens
CHAPTER III HYGIENE AND MEDICAL ATTENTION
Article 29 Hygiene
Article 30 Medical attention
Article 31 Medical inspections
Article 32 Prisoners engaged on medical duties
CHAPTER IV MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND CHAPLAINS RETAINED TO ASSIST PRISONERS OF WAR
Article 33 Rights and privileges of retained personnel
CHAPTER V RELIGIOUS, INTELLECTUAL AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
Article 34 Religious duties
Article 35 Retained chaplains
Article 36 Prisoners who are ministers of religion
Article 37 Prisoners without a minister of their religion
Article 38 Recreation, study, sports and games
CHAPTER VI DISCIPLINE
Article 39 Administration. Saluting
Article 40 Badges and decorations
Article 41 Posting of the Convention and of regulations and orders concerning prisoners
Article 42 Use of weapons
CHAPTER VII RANK OF PRISONERS OF WAR
Article 43 Notification of ranks
Article 44 Treatment of officers
Article 45 Treatment of other prisoners
CHAPTER VIII TRANSFER OF PRISONERS OF WAR AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL IN CAMP
Article 46 Conditions
Article 47 Circumstances precluding transfer
Article 48 Procedure for transfer
SECTION III Labour of Prisoners of War
Article 49 General observations
Article 50 Authorized work
Article 51 Working conditions
Article 52 Dangerous or humiliating labour
Article 53 Duration of labour
Article 54 Working pay. Occupational accidents and diseases
Article 55 Medical supervision
Article 56 Labour detachments
Article 57 Prisoners working for private employers
SECTION IV Financial Resources of Prisoners of War
Article 58 Ready money
Article 59 Amounts in cash taken from prisoners
Article 60 Advances of pay
Article 61 Supplementary pay
Article 62 Working pay
Article 63 Transfer of funds
Article 64 Prisoners' accounts
Article 65 Management of prisoners' accounts
Article 66 Winding up of accounts
Article 67 Adjustments between Parties to the conflict
Article 68 Claims for compensation
SECTION V Relations of Prisoners of War with the Exterior
Article 69 Notification of measures taken
Article 70 Capture card
Article 71 Correspondence
Article 72 Relief shipments: 1. General principles
Article 73 11. Collective relief'
Article 74 Exemption from postal and transport charges
Article 75 Special means of transport
Article 76 Censorship and examination
Article 77 Preparation, execution and transmission of legal documents
SECTION VI Relations between Prisoners of War and the Authorities
CHAPTER I COMPLAINTS OF PRISONERS OF WAR RESPECTING THE CONDITIONS OF CAPTIVITY
Article 78 Complaints and requests
CHAPTER II PRISONERS OF WAR REPRESENTATIVES
Article 79 Election
Article 80 Duties
Article 81 Prerogatives
CHAPTER III PENAL AND DISCIPLINARY SANCTIONS
I. General provisions
Article 82 Applicable legislation
Article 83 Choice of disciplinary or judicial proceedings
Article 84 Courts
Article 85 Offences committed before capture
Article 86 "Non his in idem"
Article 87 Penalties
Article 88 Execution of penalties
II. Disciplinary sanctions
Article 89 General observations: 1. Forms of punishment
Article 90 11. Duration of punishments
Article 91 Escapes: 1. Successful escape
Article 92 II. Unsuccessful escape
Article 93 Ill. Connected offences
Article 94 IV. Notification of recapture
Article 95 Procedure: 1. Confinement awaiting hearing
Article 96 11. Competent authorities and right of defence
Article 97 Execution of punishment: I. Premises
Article 98 11. Essential safeguards
III. Judicial proceedings
Article 99 Essential rules: 1. General principles
Article 100 11. Death penalty
Article 101 Ill. Delay in execution of the death penalty
Article 102 Procedure: 1. Conditions for validity of sentence
Article 103 11. Confinement awaiting trial (Deduction from sentence, treatment)
Article 104 Ill. Notification of proceedings
Article 105 IV. Rights and means of defence
Article 106 V. Appeals
Article 107 VI. Notification of findings and sentence
Article 108 Execution of penalties. Penal regulations
PART IV Termination of Captivity
SECTION I Direct Repatriation and Accommodation in Neutral Countries
Article 109 General observations
Article 110 Cases of repatriation and accommodation
Article 111 Internment in a neutral country
Article 112 Mixed Medical Commissions
Article 113 Prisoners entitled to examination by Mixed Medical Commissions
Article 114 Prisoners meeting with accidents
Article 115 Prisoners serving a sentence
Article 116 Costs of repatriation
Article 117 Activity after repatriation
SECTION II Release and Repatriation of Prisoners of War at the close of Hostilities
Article 118 Release and repatriation
Article 119 Details of procedure
SECTION III Death of Prisoners of War
Article 120 Wills, death certificates, burial, cremation
Article 121 Prisoners killed or injured in special circumstances
Article 122 National Bureaux
Article 123 Central Agency
Article 124 Exemption from charges
Article 125 Relief societies and other organizations
SECTION I General Provisions
Article 126 Supervision
Article 127 Dissemination of the Convention
Article 128 Translations. Rules of application
Article 129 Penal sanctions: I. General observations
Article 130 II. Grave breaches
Article 131 111. Responsibilities of the Contracting Parties
Article 132 Enquiry procedure
SECTION II Final Provisions
Article 133 Languages
Article 134 Relation to the 1929 Convention
Article 135 Relation to the Hague Conventions
Article 136 Signature
Article 137 Ratification
Article 138 Coming into force
Article 139 Accession
Article 140 Notification of accessions
Article 141 Immediate effect
Article 142 Denunciation
Article 143 Registration with the United Nations
ANNEXES
ANNEX I - Model Agreement concerning Direct Repatriation and Accommodation in Neutral Countries of Wounded and Sick Prisoners of War
ANNEX II - Regulation concerning Mixed Medical Commissions
ANNEX III - Regulations concerning Collective Relief
ANNEX IV - Identity Card, Capture Card, Correspondence Card and Letter, Notification of Death, Repatriation Certificate
ANNEX V - Model Regulations concerning Payments sent by Prisoners to their own Country
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