Comply with the Law of War Part 3A Reviews
POW Status and Humane Treatment Provisions
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&pageText=The Geneva Convention of 1949 relative to the treatment of prisoners of war provides guidance on how the status of prisoners of war and detainees is determined and what constitutes humane treatment of those in captivity. Click the buttons to learn more.& &textLabel1=Status& &textLabel2=Collection& &textLabel3=Tribunal& &textLabel4=Coercion& &textLabel5=Information& &textLabel6=Actions& &popText1=Article 5 of the Geneva Convention states that all captured persons will be treated as prisoners of war until their actual status can be determined by a competent tribunal.& &popText2=Article 19 of the Geneva Convention requires that all captured persons be moved to an area away from the combat zone as soon as possible after capture.& &popText3=The tribunal that determines the status of captured persons will consist of a board of not less than three officers.& &popText4=No physical or mental torture, nor any other form of coercion, may be inflicted on prisoners of war to secure from them information of any kind whatever.& &popText5=Every prisoner of war is bound to give only his surname, first
names and rank, date of birth, and army, regimental, personal or serial number, or failing this, equivalent information.& &popText6=Prisoners of war who refuse to provide required information may not be threatened, insulted, or exposed to unpleasant or disadvantageous treatment of any kind.&