Outline of the 1929 Geneva Convention

TITLE I. GENERAL PROVISIONS. (Art. 1-4)

TITLE II. CAPTURE. (Art. 5-6)

TITLE III. CAPTIVITY.

SECTION I. EVACUATION OF PRISONERS OF WAR. (Art. 7-8)

SECTION II. PRISONERS-OF-WAR CAMPS. (Art. 9)

CHAPTER 1. Installation of Camps.(Art. 10)

CHAPTER 2. Food and Clothing of Prisoners of War.(Art. 11-12)

CHAPTER 3. Sanitary Service in Camps.(Art. 13-15)

CHAPTER 4. Intellectual and Moral Needs of Prisoners of War.(Art. 16-17)

CHAPTER 5. Internal Discipline of Camps.(Art. 18-20)

CHAPTER 6. Special Provisions Regarding Officers and Persons of Equivalent status.(Art. 21-22)

CHAPTER 7. Financial Resources of Prisoners of War.(Art. 23-24)

CHAPTER 8. Transfer of Prisoners of War.(Art. 25-26)

SECTION III. LABOR OF PRISONERS OF WAR.

CHAPTER 1. Generalities.(Art. 27)

CHAPTER 2. Organization of the Labor.(Art. 28-30)

CHAPTER 3. Prohibited labor.(Art. 31-32)

CHAPTER 4. Labor Detachments(Art.33 )

CHAPTER 5. WAGES.(Art. 34)

SECTION IV. EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF PRISONERS OF WAR.(Art. 35-41)

SECTION V. PRISONERS' RELATIONS WITH THE AUTHORITIES.

CHAPTER 1. Complaints of Prisoners of War because of the Conditions of Captivity.(Art. 42)

CHAPTER 2. Representatives of Prisoners of War.(Art. 43-44)

CHAPTER 3. Penalties Applicable to Prisoners of War.

1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.(Art. 45-53)

2. DISCIPLINARY PUNISHMENTS.(Art. 54-59)

3. JUDICIAL SUITS.(Art. 60-67)

TITLE IV. TERMINATION OF CAPTIVITY.

SECTION 1. DIRECT REPATRIATION AND HOSPITALIZATION IN A NEUTRAL COUNTRY.(Art. 68-74)

SECTION II. RELEASE AND REPATRIATION UPON CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES. (Art. 75)

TITLE V. DEATH OF PRISONERS OF WAR.(Art. 76)

TITLE VI. BUREAUS OF RELIEF AND INFORMATION CONCERNING PRISONERS OF WAR.(Art. 77-80)



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