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Posted by Broadway Lion on Sun May 6 21:44:04 2007, in response to Re: ROBBED BY A COP— PROPERTY DESTROYED!, posted by LA Blue Line on Sun May 6 21:04:43 2007. A. Prisoners of war, in the sense of the present Convention, are persons belonging to one of the following categories, who have fallen into the power of the enemy:1. Members of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict as well as members of militias or volunteer corps forming part of such armed forces. 2. Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict and operating in or outside their own territory, even if this territory is occupied, provided that such militias or volunteer corps, including such organized resistance movements, fulfil the following conditions: (a) That of being commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates; (b) That of having a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance; (c) That of carrying arms openly; (d) That of conducting their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war. 3. Members of regular armed forces who profess allegiance to a government or an authority not recognized by the Detaining Power. Those who do not fall under the above categories, yet are combatants on the field of battle are not subject to the protections of the Convention. Spies, saboteurs, and others without uniform or open weapons are subject to being shot or otherwise treated outside of the provisions of said convention. |
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