0031-0330 irl.qxd 2.3.2009 14:20 Page 163 IV GENEVA CONVENTION RELATIVE TO THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIAN PERSONS IN TIME OF WAR OF 12 AUGUST 1949 PART I General Provisions Article 1 Respect for the Convention ....................................................... 169 Article 2 Application of the Convention .................................................. 169 Article 3 Conflicts not of an international character ............................... 169 Article 4 Definition of protected persons ................................................ 170 Article 5 Derogations................................................................................ 171 Article 6 Beginning and end of application ............................................. 171 Article 7 Special agreements..................................................................... 171 Article 8 Non-renunciation of rights........................................................ 172 Article 9 Protecting Powers ...................................................................... 172 Article 10 Activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross .... 172 Article 11 Substitutes for Protecting Powers.............................................. 172 Article 12 Conciliation procedure.............................................................. 173 PART II General Protection of Populations against certain Consequences of War Article 13 Field of application of Part II..................................................... 174 Article 14 Hospital and safety zones and localities.................................... 174 Article 15 Neutralized zones....................................................................... 174 Article 16 Wounded and sick: I. General protection.................................. 175 Article 17 II. Evacuation ............................................................................. 175 Article 18 III. Protection of hospitals......................................................... 175 Article 19 IV.Discontinuance of protection of hospitals........................... 176 Article 20 V.Hospital staff .......................................................................... 176 Article 21 VI. Land and sea transport........................................................ 176 Article 22 VII. Air transport....................................................................... 177 Article 23 Consignments of medical supplies, food and clothing............. 177 Article 24 Measures relating to child welfare ............................................. 178 Article 25 Family news................................................................................ 178 Article 26 Dispersed families...................................................................... 178 0031-0330 irl.qxd 2.3.2009 14:20 Page 164 164 CONTENTS PART III Status and Treatment of Protected Persons SECTION I – Provisions common to the Territories of the Parties to the Conflict and to Occupied Territories Article 27 Treatment: I. General observations ........................................... 179 Article 28 II. Danger zones ......................................................................... 179 Article 29 III. Responsibilities .................................................................... 180 Article 30 Application to Protecting Powers and relief organizations....... 180 Article 31 Prohibition of coercion.............................................................. 180 Article 32 Prohibition of corporal punishment, torture, etc...................... 180 Article 33 Individual responsibility, collective penalties, pillage, reprisals 180 Article 34 Hostages ..................................................................................... 180 SECTION II – Aliens in the Territory of a Party to the Conflict Article 35 Right to leave the territory......................................................... 181 Article 36 Method of repatriation .............................................................. 181 Article 37 Persons in confinement ............................................................. 181 Article 38 Non-repatriated persons: I. General observations.................... 182 Article 39 II. Means of existence................................................................. 182 Article 40 III. Employment......................................................................... 182 Article 41 IV.Assigned residence. Internment ........................................... 183 Article 42 V.Grounds for internment or assigned residence. Voluntary internment ................................................................ 183 Article 43 VI. Procedure ............................................................................. 183 Article 44 VII. Refugees.............................................................................. 184 Article 45 VIII. Transfer to another Power................................................. 184 Article 46 Cancellation of restrictive measures.......................................... 184 SECTION III – Occupied Territories Article 47 Inviolability of rights ................................................................. 185 Article 48 Special cases of repatriation ...................................................... 185 Article 49 Deportations, transfers, evacuations ......................................... 185 Article 50 Children ..................................................................................... 186 Article 51 Enlistment. Labour .................................................................... 186 Article 52 Protection of workers................................................................. 187 Article 53 Prohibited destruction............................................................... 187 Article 54 Judges and public officials ......................................................... 187 Article 55 Food and medical supplies for the population ......................... 187 Article 56 Hygiene and public health......................................................... 188 Article 57 Requisition of hospitals ............................................................. 188 Article 58 Spiritual assistance..................................................................... 188 Article 59 Relief: I. Collective relief ............................................................ 188 0031-0330 irl.qxd 2.3.2009 14:20 Page 165 CONTENTS 165 Article 60 II. Responsibilities of the Occupying Power ............................ 189 Article 61 III. Distribution.......................................................................... 189 Article 62 IV.Individual relief..................................................................... 189 Article 63 National Red Cross and other relief societies ........................... 189 Article 64 Penal legislation: I. General observations.................................. 190 Article 65 II. Publication............................................................................. 190 Article 66 III. Competent courts ................................................................ 190 Article 67 IV.Applicable provisions ........................................................... 190 Article 68 V.Penalties. Death penalty......................................................... 191 Article 69 VI. Deduction from sentence of period spent under arrest...... 191 Article 70 VII. Offences committed before occupation............................. 191 Article 71 Penal procedure: I. General observations.................................. 192 Article 72 II. Right of defence..................................................................... 192 Article 73 III. Right of appeal ..................................................................... 193 Article 74 IV.Assistance by the Protecting Power...................................... 193 Article 75 V.Death sentence ....................................................................... 193 Article 76 Treatment of detainees............................................................... 194 Article 77 Handing over of detainees at the close of occupation .............. 194 Article 78 Security measures. Internment and assigned residence. Right of appeal........................................................................... 194 SECTION IV – Regulations for the Treatment of Internees CHAPTER I – GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 79 Cases of internment and applicable provisions ........................ 195 Article 80 Civil capacity.............................................................................. 195 Article 81 Maintenance............................................................................... 195 Article 82 Grouping of internees................................................................ 195 CHAPTER II – PLACES OF INTERNMENT Article 83 Location of places of internment. Marking of camps............... 196 Article 84 Separate internment................................................................... 196 Article 85 Accommodation, hygiene.......................................................... 196 Article 86 Premises for religious services................................................... 197 Article 87 Canteens..................................................................................... 197 Article 88 Air raid shelters. Protective measures........................................ 198 CHAPTER III – FOOD AND CLOTHING Article 89 Food ........................................................................................... 198