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Re: Germany's courts: Slavery *permitted* under ''international law''

Posted by SLRT on Fri Jan 6 16:04:07 2012, in response to Re: Germany's courts: Slavery *permitted* under ''international law'', posted by Olog-hai on Fri Jan 6 15:18:34 2012.

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If slavery is defined as compelled labor, the Geneva Conventions permit it for enlisted men who are POWs, as well as NCOs as supervisors.

The Detaining Power may utilize the labour of prisoners of war who are physically fit, taking into account their age, sex, rank and physical aptitude, and with a view particularly to maintaining them in a good state of physical and mental health.

Non-commissioned officers who are prisoners of war shall only be required to do supervisory work. Those not so required may ask for other suitable work which shall, so far as possible, be found for them.
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And the U.S. Constitution explicitly understands that required labor can be considered slavery, because it permits it for prisoners.

Of course, many POWs detained by the Germans weren't so lucky as to have required labor.

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