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Article 55 - Medical Supervision

from Section III - Labour of prisoners of war

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2021

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Summary

Article 55 aims to ensure that prisoners of war are physically and mentallyfit for the work to which they have been assigned. This provision needs tobe read together with Article 49(1) on the guiding principles governing thelabour of prisoners of war and Article 31 on the obligation on the DetainingPower to conduct monthly medical inspections. Under the present article, thephysical fitness of prisoners for work must be determined by qualifiedmedical personnel. Such examinations must take place at least once a monthbut also whenever prisoners consider themselves physically incapable ofworking.

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Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention
Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
 , pp. 1025 - 1029
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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