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Article 56 - Labour Detachments

from Section III - Labour of prisoners of war

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2021

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Summary

During their internment, prisoners of war may be required to do differenttypes of work. Some of this work, such as that related to campadministration or maintenance, will be performed in the prisoner-of-warcamp. Prisoners may, however, be detached to a place of work which isoutside the main camp. These prisoners fall into two distinct categories:those who continue to live in the camp but leave each morning to go to workand return each evening; and those who are lodged for a certain duration ator near their place of work. Article 56 regulates the latter category.

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Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention
Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
 , pp. 1030 - 1037
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Anon., , ‘The Conditions of Employment of Prisoners of War: The Geneva Convention of 1929 and its Application’, International Labour Review, Vol. 47, No. 2, February 1943, pp. 169–195.Google Scholar
Levie, Howard S., ‘The Employment of Prisoners of War’, American Journal of International Law, Vol. 57, No. 2, April 1963, pp. 318–353.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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