
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
- Part VI Execution of the Convention
- Book part
- Sources
- Index
- References
Article 97 - Execution of Disciplinary Punishment: Premises
from II - Disciplinary Sanctions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 August 2021
- 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
- Part VI Execution of the Convention
- Book part
- Sources
- Index
- References
Summary
Article 97 is the first of two provisions regulating the executionof the disciplinary punishment of confinement. Although the headingof Article 97 is a general one, it is clear from the content of therules it contains that Article 97 deals only with punishment byconfinement, and not with the other disciplinary penalties listed inArticle 89. Whereas Article 97 sets out minimum standards primarilywith regard to the premises in which prisoners of war may servedisciplinary confinement, Article 98 lays down minimum standards oftreatment. Together, these provisions embody ‘the essentialsafeguards to be accorded to prisoners of war while servingdisciplinary sentences’.
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- Commentary on the Third Geneva ConventionConvention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, pp. 1424 - 1429Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021