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Article 57 - Prisoners Working for Private Employers

from Section III - Labour of prisoners of war

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2021

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Summary

Article 57 provides that prisoners of war who work for private personsremain entitled to the same protections as other prisoners of war under theresponsibility of the Detaining Power, including the right to communicatewith the prisoners’ representatives. There is therefore no change in thelegal status of this category of prisoners of war as regards the principleswhich the Convention makes applicable to captivity. Prisoners working forprivate persons may not be subject to lesser protections.

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Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention
Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
 , pp. 1038
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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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
Lewis, David A.G., ‘The Structure of the Third Geneva Convention System of POW Labour Law and Collective Representation and the Challenges Presented by Modern Armed Conflicts’, Acta Societatis Martensis, Vol. 3, 2007/2008, pp. 60–79.Google Scholar

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