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The Protection of prisoners of war
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2010
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Before the existence of the Red Cross and the Geneva Conventions, any soldier fallen into enemy hands was entirely at his captor's mercy. Now the Third 1949 Geneva Convention relative to the treatment of prisoners of war—recognized by 133 States—clearly lays down how he must be treated during captivity.
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- International Committee of the Red Cross
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- International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 14 , Issue 157: In Geneva , April 1974 , pp. 191 - 193
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- Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1974