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Article 109 Verdrag van Genève betreffende de behandeling van krijgsgevangenen

DIRECT REPATRIATION AND ACCOMMODATION IN NEUTRAL COUNTRIES

Subject to the provisions of the third paragraph of this Article, Parties to the conflict are bound to send back to their own country, regardless of number or rank, seriously wounded and seriously sick prisoners of war, after having cared for them until they are fit to travel, in accordance with the first paragraph of the following Article.

Throughout the duration of hostilities, Parties to the conflict shall endeavour, with the cooperation of the neutral Powers concerned, to make arrangements for the accommodation in neutral countries of the sick and wounded prisoners of war referred to in the second paragraph of the following Article. They may, in addition, conclude agreements with a view to the direct repatriation or internment in a neutral country of able-bodied prisoners of war who have undergone a long period of captivity.

No sick or injured prisoner of war who is eligible for repatriation under the first paragraph of this Article, may be repatriated against his will during hostilities.

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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