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Article 72 Verdrag van Genève betreffende de behandeling van krijgsgevangenen

RELATIONS OF PRISONERS OF WAR WITH THE EXTERIOR

Prisoners of war shall be allowed to receive by post or by any other means individual parcels or collective shipments containing, in particular, foodstuffs, clothing, medical supplies and articles of a religious, educational or recreational character which may meet their needs, including books, devotional articles, scientific equipment, examination papers, musical instruments, sports outfits and materials allowing prisoners of war to pursue their studies or their cultural activities.

Such shipments shall in no way free the Detaining Power from the obligations imposed upon it by virtue of the present Convention.

The only limits which may be placed on these shipments shall be those proposed by the Protecting Power in the interest of the prisoners themselves, or by the International Committee of the Red Cross or any other organization giving assistance to the prisoners, in respect of their own shipments only, on account of exceptional strain on transport or communications.

The conditions for the sending of individual parcels and collective relief shall, if necessary, be the subject of special agreements between the Powers concerned, which may in no case delay the receipt by the prisoners of relief supplies. Books may not be included in parcels of clothing and foodstuffs. Medical supplies shall, as a rule, be sent in collective parcels.

Regeling
Verdrag van Genève betreffende de behandeling van krijgsgevangenen
Afkortingen
Rode Kruis Verdrag, Verdrag van Genève
Soort
Verdrag
Geldend vanaf
03-02-1955
BWB-id
BWBV0005584
Versie
1955-02-03_0

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