Synopsis VI: Relief

Extract

In case of armed conflict, the following groups are entitled to relief:

— the civilian population of an occupied territory (Fourth Conv., Art. 59; Prot. I, Art. 69);

— the civilian population of a territory under the control of a party to the conflict, other than an occupied territory (Fourth Conv., Art. 23, 38; Prot. I, Art. 70);

— prisoners of war and civilian internees in the territory of a Party to the conflict or in an occupied territory (Third Conv., Art. 72; Fourth Conv., Art. 108).