The Law of Land WarfareDepartment of the Army, 1956 - 236 pages |
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accused apply armed forces armistice army Article Paragraph Article August 12 belligerent belligerent occupation camp civilian commander committed conflict courts crimes death Detaining Power disciplinary punishment duties emblem enemy ensure established exercise facilities forbidden foregoing Geneva Convention GWS Sea Hague Convention High Contracting Parties hospital hostilities individual International Committee international law law of war likewise measures medical personnel medical units ment necessary neutral country neutral Power neutral territory notification occupied territory Occupying Power offence officers organization Paragraph Article Paragraph parlementaire parole particular penalty permit place of internment possible Powers concerned present Convention prisoners prisoners of war protected persons Protecting Power provisions of Article purpose Red Cross regard relief societies repatriation representatives respect responsible Section sentence special agreements surrender tion transferred transport treatment Treaty Provision Treaty Series troops violation war crimes warfare wounded and sick
Popular passages
Page 9 - In the case of armed conflict not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties...
Page 6 - Regulations adopted by them, the inhabitants and the belligerents remain under the protection and the rule of the principles of the law of nations, as they result from the usages established among civilized peoples, from the laws of humanity, and the dictates of the public conscience.
Page 9 - ... violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture; (6) taking of hostages; (c) outrages upon personal dignity, in particular, humiliating and degrading treatment...
Page 141 - The authority of the legitimate power having in fact passed into the hands of the occupant, the latter shall take all the measures in his power to restore, and ensure, as far as possible, public order and safety, while respecting, unless absolutely prevented, the laws in force in the country.
Page 6 - Until a more complete code of the laws of war has been issued, the High Contracting Parties deem it expedient to declare that in cases not included in the Regulations adopted by them, the inhabitants and the belligerents remain under the protection and the rule of the principles of international law, as they result from the usages established among civilized peoples, from the laws of humanity, and the dictates of the public conscience.
Page 83 - Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field of 12 August 1949; the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea of 12 August 1949; the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War...
Page 31 - A person can only be considered a spy when, acting clandestinely or on false pretences, he obtains or endeavours to obtain information in the zone of operations of a belligerent, with the intention of communicating it to the hostile party.
Page 153 - Requisitions in kind and services shall not be demanded from municipalities or inhabitants except for the needs of the army of occupation. They shall be in proportion to the resources of the country, and of such a nature as not to involve the inhabitants in the obligation of taking part in military operations against their own country.
Page 181 - The High Contracting Parties undertake to enact any legislation necessary to provide effective penal sanctions for persons committing, or ordering to be committed, any of the grave breaches of the present Convention defined in the following Article.
Page 152 - The property of municipalities, that of institutions dedicated to religion, charity and education, the arts and sciences, even when State property, shall be treated as private property.