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050	0	0	_aKZ6490.3 1949 _bI58 2021
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110	2		_aInternational Committee of the Red Cross.
245	1	0	_aCommentary on the third Geneva Convention : _bconvention III relative to the treatment of prisoners of war volume / _ceditors: Dormann Knut, Droege Cordula, Durham Helen, Lijnzaad, Sassoli Marco, Spoerri Philip, Watkin Kenneth
263			_a2109
264		1	_aCambridge, United Kingdom : _aNew York, NY : _bCambridge University Press, _c2021.
300			_axii, 2211 Pages: _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes index.
520			_a"The Third Geneva Convention remains the most comprehensive instrument for the protection of prisoners of war in international law today. Its purpose is to ensure that all such prisoners are treated humanely and held in decent conditions, regardless of which side they belong to. The ICRC produced its original Commentary on the Third Convention in 1960. Seventy years later, there is a need to look at the provisions of this fundamental treaty through the prism of new developments in law and practice. As with all international law, the Convention is a living instrument, and it must be interpreted and applied in light of contemporary circumstances. In view of the decreasing respect for the basic human values enshrined in international law, the updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention is timely. It crucially clarifies the status of prisoners of war and the treatment due to them, so that what these rules mean today is understood by all. The Convention aims to protect the physical and mental integrity of prisoners of war and to ensure that the detaining authorities provide for their physical and psychological needs. Under its provisions, murder, torture and any other form of inhumane or degrading treatment are prohibited. Prisoners of war must have access to food, health care and hygiene facilities, and it is mandatory to identify detained persons and to enable them to maintain contacts with the outside world so that they do not go missing"-- _cProvided by publisher.
630	0	0	_aConvention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War _d(1949 August 12)
650		0	_aPrisoners of war _xLegal status, laws, etc.
650		0	_aWar (International law)
655		7	_aLaw commentaries.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aInternational Committee of the Red Cross. _tCommentary on the third Geneva Convention. _dCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021 _z9781108979320 _w(DLC) 2021031737
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