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[nfg22]

What year was the geneova convention held and what were all the stipulations there. Can anyone link me a write up of what happened. Im interested in the year and the torture in war stipulations I wanna reaserch this more, as a lady at work told me in veitnam it was very common to torture people to death and I wanna see if she was right.

[ice4277]

google?

[rkmsuf]

you have to spell it right for google to work

[nfg22]

Heh I tried but I dont think I was spelling it right and couldnt find any direct sites to it was just wondering if anyone else knew of one.

[nfg22]

you have to spell it right for google to work
Exactly

[rkmsuf]

find the spelling and there's your answer...

[sachmo71]

Knock yourself out...

http://www.redcross.lv/en/conventions.htm

[yabanci]

What year was the geneova convention held and what were all the stipulations there. Can anyone link me a write up of what happened. Im interested in the year and the torture in war stipulations I wanna reaserch this more, as a lady at work told me in veitnam it was very common to torture people to death and I wanna see if she was right.

The Third Geneva Convention (dealing with prisoners of war) was adopted in 1929 and revised in 1949. The Fourth Geneva Convention (dealing with the treatment of civilians during wartime) was adopted in 1949.

Here are some of the provisions of the Third Convention pertinent to your question:

(Art 3): "The wounded and sick shall be collected and cared for." (this is not restricted to prisoners of war)

(Art 13): "Prisoners of war must at all times be humanely treated."

(Art 13): "...Prisoners of war must at all times be protected, particularly against acts of violence or intimidation and against insults and public curiosity."

(Art 17): "No physical or mental torture, nor any other form of coercion, may be inflicted on prisoners of war to secure from them information of any kind whatever. Prisoners of war who refuse to answer may not be threatened, insulted or exposed to unpleasant or disadvantageous treatment of any kind."

(Art 25): "Prisoners of war shall be quartered under conditions as favourable as those for the forces of the Detaining Power who are billeted in the same area."

(Art 27): "Clothing, underwear and footwear shall be supplied to prisoners of war"

(Art 42): "The use of weapons against prisoners of war, especially against those who are escaping or attempting to escape, shall constitute an extreme measure, which shall always be preceded by warnings appropriate to the circumstances."

(Art 88): "Officers, non-commissioned officers and men who are prisoners of war undergoing a disciplinary or judicial punishment, shall not be subjected to more severe treatment than that applied in respect of the same punishment to members of the armed forces of the Detaining Power of equivalent rank."

(Art 89): Provides for fines, discontinuance of privileges above those required by the Convention, fatigue duties up to two hours per day and confinement. "In no case shall disciplinary punishments be inhuman, brutal or dangerous to the health of prisoners of war."