Commentary on the First Geneva Convention Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Preamble
- Chapter I General provisions
- Chapter II Wounded and sick
- Article 12 Protection and care of the wounded and sick
- Article 13 Protected persons
- Article 14 Status of the wounded and sick who have fallen into enemy hands
- Article 15 Search for casualties. Evacuation
- Article 16 Recording and forwarding of information
- Article 17 Prescriptions regarding the dead. Graves Registration Service
- Article 18 Role of the population
- Chapter III Medical units and establishments
- Chapter IV Personnel
- Chapter V Buildings and material
- Chapter VI Medical transports
- Chapter VII The distinctive emblem
- Chapter VIII Execution of the Convention
- Chapter IX Repression of abuses and infractions
- Final provisions
- Testimonium and signature clause
- Sources
- Index
- References
Article 17 - Prescriptions regarding the dead. Graves Registration Service
from Chapter II - Wounded and sick
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 January 2017
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Preamble
- Chapter I General provisions
- Chapter II Wounded and sick
- Article 12 Protection and care of the wounded and sick
- Article 13 Protected persons
- Article 14 Status of the wounded and sick who have fallen into enemy hands
- Article 15 Search for casualties. Evacuation
- Article 16 Recording and forwarding of information
- Article 17 Prescriptions regarding the dead. Graves Registration Service
- Article 18 Role of the population
- Chapter III Medical units and establishments
- Chapter IV Personnel
- Chapter V Buildings and material
- Chapter VI Medical transports
- Chapter VII The distinctive emblem
- Chapter VIII Execution of the Convention
- Chapter IX Repression of abuses and infractions
- Final provisions
- Testimonium and signature clause
- Sources
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Commentary on the First Geneva ConventionConvention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, pp. 582 - 608Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016
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