Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
Book contents
- Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword by Peter Maurer
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Preamble
- Part I General Provisions
- Part II General Protection of Prisoners of War
- Part III Captivity
- Part IV Termination of Captivity
- Part V Information Bureaux and Relief Societies for Prisoners of War
- Article 122 National Information Bureaux
- Article 123 Central Tracing Agency
- Article 124 Exemption from Charges of National Information Bureaux and the Central Tracing Agency
- Article 125 Facilities for Relief Societies and Other Organizations Assisting Prisoners of War
- Part VI Execution of the Convention
- Book part
- Sources
- Index
Article 124 - Exemption from Charges of National Information Bureaux and the CentralTracing Agency
from Part V - Information Bureaux and Relief Societies for Prisoners of War
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 August 2021
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Book contents
- Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword by Peter Maurer
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Preamble
- Part I General Provisions
- Part II General Protection of Prisoners of War
- Part III Captivity
- Part IV Termination of Captivity
- Part V Information Bureaux and Relief Societies for Prisoners of War
- Article 122 National Information Bureaux
- Article 123 Central Tracing Agency
- Article 124 Exemption from Charges of National Information Bureaux and the Central Tracing Agency
- Article 125 Facilities for Relief Societies and Other Organizations Assisting Prisoners of War
- Part VI Execution of the Convention
- Book part
- Sources
- Index
Summary
The purpose of Article 124 is to reduce the financial burden arising from thetransmission of information, by mail or other means of communication, that bothnational information bureaux and the Central Information Agency, also known asCentral Prisoner of War Agency and hereinafter referred to as ‘Central TracingAgency’, have to engage in as part of their functions under Articles 122 and 123respectively.
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- Commentary on the Third Geneva ConventionConvention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, pp. 1766 - 1770Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021