Third Geneva Convention

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Geneva Convention humanitarian law treaty international treaty

The Third Geneva Convention is an international treaty that sets comprehensive standards for the humane treatment and protection of prisoners of war during armed conflicts.

Aliases (7)

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Geneva Convention → humanitarian law treaty → international treaty →
adoptedOn	1949-08-12 →
allows	visits by protecting powers →
alsoKnownAs	Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War →
appliesIn	international armed conflicts →
basedOn	1929 Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War →
complements	First Geneva Convention → Fourth Geneva Convention → Second Geneva Convention →
depositedWith	Swiss Federal Council →
enteredIntoForceOn	1950-10-21 →
establishes	definition of prisoner of war → obligations of detaining power → rights of prisoners of war →
field	international humanitarian law → law of armed conflict →
hasAnnex	Annex I → Annex II →
hasArticleCount	143 →
hasHighNumberOfParties	true →
hasScope	minimum standards for treatment of prisoners of war →
inspired	customary international humanitarian law rules on prisoners of war →
language	Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
monitoredBy	International Committee of the Red Cross →
partOf	Geneva Conventions of 1949 →
prohibits	cruel treatment of prisoners of war → humiliating and degrading treatment of prisoners of war → reprisals against prisoners of war → torture of prisoners of war → unlawful coercion of prisoners of war →
protects	crews of merchant marine and civil aircraft of the parties to the conflict → members of armed forces who have fallen into the power of the enemy → members of militias and volunteer corps fulfilling certain conditions → persons accompanying the armed forces without actually being members thereof under certain conditions →
regulates	communications of prisoners of war → conditions of captivity → disciplinary sanctions for prisoners of war → evacuation of prisoners of war → judicial guarantees for prisoners of war → labor of prisoners of war → release and repatriation at the end of hostilities → repatriation of prisoners of war → status of prisoners of war → treatment of prisoners of war →
requires	humane treatment of prisoners of war → judicial guarantees equivalent to those for members of the armed forces of the detaining power → maintenance of prisoners of war by the detaining power → medical care for prisoners of war → provision of adequate food and shelter to prisoners of war → respect for the person and honor of prisoners of war →
signedIn	Geneva →
subject	prisoners of war →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Additional Protocol III → Second Geneva Convention → Stockholm International Red Cross Conference of 1948 ("Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (1949)") →	relatedTo
Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War ("Geneva Convention III of 12 August 1949") →	adopted
Third Geneva Convention ("Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War") →	alsoKnownAs
Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions ("Geneva Convention III") →	complements
Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War ("Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War") →	drafted
Geneva Convention of 1929 ("Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War") →	officialName
Geneva Convention of 1929 ("Third Geneva Convention of 1949") →	replacedBy
DulagTransitCamps ("Geneva Convention protections for prisoners of war") →	violated