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Article 47 - Prohibition of Reprisals

from Chapter VII - Execution of the Convention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 November 2017

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Commentary on the Second Geneva Convention
Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea
 , pp. 996 - 1003
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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