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(r) Any malignant growth.
(s) Serious chronic infectious diseases, persisting for
one year after their inception, for example: malaria with
decided organic impairment, amoebic or bacillary dysentery
with grave disorders; tertiary visceral syphilis resistant to
treatment; leprosy; etc.
(t) Serious avitaminosis or serious inanition.
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<*> The decision of the Mixed Medical Commission shall be
based to a great extent on the records kept by camp physicians and
surgeons of the same nationality as the prisoners of war, or on an
examination by medical specialists of the Detaining Power.
B. Accommodation in neutral countries
The following shall be eligible for accommodation in a neutral
country:
1. All wounded prisoners of war who are not likely to recover
in captivity, but who might be cured or whose condition might be
considerably improved by accommodation in a neutral country.
2. Prisoners of war suffering from any form of tuberculosis,
of whatever organ, and whose treatment in a neutral country would
be likely to lead to recovery or at least to considerable
improvement, with the exception of primary tuberculosis cured
before captivity.
3. Prisoners of war suffering from affections requiring
treatment of the respiratory, circulatory, digestive, nervous,
sensory, genito-urinary, cutaneous, locomotive organs, etc., if
such treatment would clearly have better results in a neutral
country than in captivity.
4. Prisoners of war who have undergone a nephrectomy in
captivity for a nontubercular renal affection; cases of
osteomyelitis, on the way to recovery or latent; diabetes mellitus
not requiring insulin treatment; etc.
5. Prisoners of war suffering from war or captivity neuroses.
Cases of captivity neurosis which are not cured after three months
of accommodation in a neutral country, or which after that length
of time are not clearly on the way to complete cure, shall be
repatriated.
6. All prisoners of war suffering from chronic intoxication
(gases, metals, alkaloids, etc.), for whom the prospects of cure
in a neutral country are especially favourable.
7. All women prisoners of war who are pregnant or mothers with
infants and small children.
The following cases shall not be eligible for accommodation in
a neutral country:
1. All duly verified chronic psychoses.
2. All organic or functional nervous affections considered to
be incurable.
3. All contagious diseases during the period in which they are
transmissible, with the exception of tuberculosis.
II. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS
1. The conditions given shall, in a general way, be
interpreted and applied in as broad a spirit as possible.
Neuropathic and psychopathic conditions caused by war or
captivity, as well as cases of tuberculosis in all stages, shall
above all benefit by such liberal interpretation. Prisoners of war
who have sustained several wounds, none of which, considered by
itself, justifies repatriation, shall be examined in the same
spirit, with due regard for the psychic traumatism due to the
number of their wounds.
2. All unquestionable cases giving the right to direct
repatriation (amputation, total blindness or deafness, open
pulmonary tuberculosis, mental disorder, malignant growth, etc.)
shall be examined and repatriated as soon as possible by the camp
physicians or by military medical commissions appointed by the
Detaining Power.
3. Injuries and diseases which existed before the war and
which have not become worse, as well as war injuries which have
not prevented subsequent military service, shall not entitle to
direct repatriation.
4. The provisions of this Annex shall be interpreted and
applied in a similar manner in all countries party to the
conflict. The Powers and authorities concerned shall grant to
Mixed Medical Commissions all the facilities necessary for the
accomplishment of their task.
5. The examples quoted under (1) above represent only typical
cases. Cases which do not correspond exactly to these provisions
shall be judged in the spirit of the provisions of Article 110 of
the present Convention, and of the principles embodied in the
present Agreement.
Annex II
REGULATIONS
CONCERNING MIXED MEDICAL COMMISSIONS
(see Article 112)
Article 1
The Mixed Medical Commissions provided for in Article 112 of
the Convention shall be composed of three members, two of whom
shall belong to a neutral country, the third being appointed by
the Detaining Power. One of the neutral members shall take the
chair.
Article 2
The two neutral members shall be appointed by the
International Committee of the Red Cross, acting in agreement with
the Protecting Power, at the request of the Detaining Power. They
may be domiciled either in their country of origin, in any other
neutral country, or in the territory of the Detaining Power.
Article 3
The neutral members shall be approved by the Parties to the
conflict concerned, who shall notify their approval to the
International Committee of the Red Cross and to the Protecting
Power. Upon such notification, the neutral members shall be
considered as effectively appointed.
Article 4
Deputy members shall also be appointed in sufficient number to
replace the regular members in case of need. They shall be
appointed at the same time as the regular members or, at least, as
soon as possible.
Article 5
If for any reason the International Committee of the Red Cross
cannot arrange for the appointment of the neutral members, this
shall be done by the Power protecting the interests of the
prisoners of war to be examined.
Article 6
So far as possible, one of the two neutral members shall be a
surgeon and the other a physician.
Article 7
The neutral members shall be entirely independent of the
Parties to the conflict, which shall grant them all facilities in
the accomplishment of their duties.
Article 8
By agreement with the Detaining Power, the International
Committee of the Red Cross, when making the appointments provided
for in Articles 2 and 4 of the present Regulations, shall settle
the terms of service of the nominees.
Article 9
The Mixed Medical Commissions shall begin their work as soon
as possible after the neutral members have been approved, and in
any case within a period of three months from the date of such
approval.
Article 10
The Mixed Medical Commissions shall examine all the prisoners
designated in Article 113 of the Convention. They shall propose
repatriation, rejection, or reference to a later examination.
Their decisions shall be made by a majority vote.
Article 11
The decisions made by the Mixed Medical Commissions in each
specific case shall be communicated, during the month following
their visit, to the Detaining Power, the Protecting Power and the
International Committee of the Red Cross. The Mixed Medical
Commissions shall also inform each prisoner of war examined of the
decision made, and shall issue to those whose repatriation has
been proposed, certificates similar to the model appended to the
present Convention.
Article 12
The Detaining Power shall be required to carry out the
decisions of the Mixed Medical Commissions within three months of
the time when it receives due notification of such decisions.
Article 13
If there is no neutral physician in a country where the
services of a Mixed Medical Commission seem to be required, and if
it is for any reason impossible to appoint neutral doctors who are
resident in another country, the Detaining Power, acting in
agreement with the Protecting Power, shall set up a Medical
Commission which shall undertake the same duties as a Mixed
Medical Commission, subject to the provisions of Articles 1, 2, 3,
4, 5 and 8 of the present Regulations.
Article 14
Mixed Medical Commissions shall function permanently and shall
visit each camp at intervals of not more than six months.
Annex III
REGULATIONS
CONCERNING COLLECTIVE RELIEF
(See Article 73)
Article 1
Prisoners' representatives shall be allowed to distribute
collective relief shipments for which they are responsible, to all
prisoners of war administered by their camp, including those who
are in hospitals, or in prisons or other penal establishments.
Article 2
The distribution of collective relief shipments shall be
effected in accordance with the instructions of the donors and
with a plan drawn up by the prisoners' representatives. The issue
of medical stores shall, however, be made for preference in
agreement with the senior medical officers, and the latter may, in
hospitals and infirmaries, waive the said instructions, if the
needs of their patients so demand. Within the limits thus defined,
the distribution shall always be carried out equitably.
Article 3
The said prisoners' representatives or their assistants shall
be allowed to go to the points of arrival of relief supplies near
their camps, so as to enable the prisoners' representatives or
their assistants to verify the quality as well as the quantity of
the goods received, and to make out detailed reports thereon for
the donors.
Article 4
Prisoners' representatives shall be given the facilities
necessary for verifying whether the distribution of collective
relief in all sub-divisions and annexes of their camps has been
carried out in accordance with their instructions.
Article 5
Prisoners' representatives shall be allowed to fill up, and
cause to be filled up by the prisoners' representatives of labour
detachments or by the senior medical officers of infirmaries and
hospitals, forms or questionnaires intended for the donors,
relating to collective relief supplies (distribution,
requirements, quantities, etc.). Such forms and questionnaires,
duly completed, shall be forwarded to the donors without delay.
Article 6
In order to secure the regular issue of collective relief to
the prisoners of war in their camp, and to meet any needs that may
arise from the arrival of new contingents of prisoners, prisoners'
representatives shall be allowed to build up and maintain adequate
reserve stocks of collective relief. For this purpose, they shall
have suitable warehouses at their disposal; each warehouse shall
be provided with two locks, the prisoners' representative holding
the keys of one lock and the camp commander the keys of the other.
Article 7
When collective consignments of clothing are available, each
prisoner of war shall retain in his possession at least one
complete set of clothes. If a prisoner has more than one set of
clothes, the prisoners' representative shall be permitted to
withdraw excess clothing from those with the largest number of
sets, or particular articles in excess of one, if this is
necessary in order to supply prisoners who are less well provided.
He shall not, however, withdraw second sets of underclothing,
socks or footwear, unless this is the only means of providing for
prisoners of war with none.
Article 8
The High Contracting Parties, and the Detaining Powers in
particular, shall authorize, as far as possible and subject to the
regulations governing the supply of the population, all purchases
of goods made in their territories for the distribution of
collective relief to prisoners of war. They shall similarly
facilitate the transfer of funds and other financial measures of a
technical or administrative nature taken for the purpose of making
such purchases.
Article 9
The foregoing provisions shall not constitute an obstacle to
the right of prisoners of war to receive collective relief before
their arrival in a camp or in the course of transfer, nor to the
possibility of representatives of the Protecting Power, the
International Committee of the Red Cross, or any other body giving
assistance to prisoners which may be responsible for the
forwarding of such supplies, ensuring the distribution thereof to
the addressees by any other means that they may deem useful.
Annex IV
A. IDENTITY CARD
(see Article 4)
------------------T---------------T---------------T--------------¬
¦ Height ¦ Weight ¦ Eyes ¦ Hair ¦
¦________________ ¦_______________¦_______________¦______________¦
+-----------------+---------------+---------------+--------------+
¦ ¦Blood type ¦Official seal ¦
¦ ¦_______________¦imprint ¦
¦ ¦Religion ¦ ¦
¦ ¦_______________¦ ¦
¦ Fingerprints (optional) +---------------+--------------+
¦ ¦ NOTICE ¦
¦(Left ¦ (Right ¦ ¦
¦forefinger) ¦ forefinger) ¦This identity card is issued¦
+--------------+------------------+to persons who accompany the¦
¦Any other mark of ¦Armed Forces of ¦
¦identification _________________ ¦but are not part of them. The¦
¦________________________________ ¦card must be carried at all¦
¦________________________________ ¦times by the person to whom it¦
¦ ¦is issued. If the bearer is¦
¦ ¦taken prisoner, he shall at¦
¦ ¦once hand the card to the¦
¦ ¦Detaining Authorities, to¦
¦ ¦assist in his identification. ¦
+---------------------------------+------------------------------+
¦ ¦
¦ (Name of the country and military ¦
¦ authority issuing this card) ¦
¦ ------------¬ ¦
¦ ¦Photograph ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ of the ¦ IDENTITY CARD ¦
¦ ¦ bearer ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ FOR A PERSON WHO ACCOMPANIES ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ THE ARMED FORCES ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
¦ L------------ ¦
¦ ¦
¦ Name _________________________________________ ¦
¦ First names __________________________________ ¦
¦ Date and place of birth ______________________ ¦
¦ Accompanies the Armed Forces as ______________ ¦
¦ ¦
¦ Date of issue Signature of bearer ¦
¦ _____________________________ ___________________________ ¦
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Remarks. - This card should be made out for preference in two
or three languages, one of which is in international use. Actual
size of the card: 13 by 10 centimetres. It should be folded along
the dotted line.
B. CAPTURE CARD
(see Article 70)
1. Front
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¦ -------------¬ ¦
¦PRISONER OF WAR MAIL ¦Postage free¦ ¦
¦-------------------- L------------- ¦
¦ CAPTURE CARD FOR PRISONER OF WAR ¦
+-----------------------------T----------------------------------+
¦ ¦ ¦
¦ IMPORTANT ¦ ¦
¦ This card must be¦ ¦
¦completed by each prisoner¦ CENTRAL PRISONERS ¦
¦immediately after being taken¦ OF WAR AGENCY ¦
¦prisoner and each time his¦ ¦
¦address is changed (by reason¦ INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ¦
¦of transfer to a hospital or¦ OF THE RED CROSS ¦
¦to another camp). ¦ ¦
¦ This card is distinct from¦ GENEVA ¦
¦the special card which each¦ ----------- ¦
¦prisoner is allowed to send¦ SWITZERLAND ¦
¦to his relatives. ¦ ¦
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2. Reverse side
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¦Write legibly and in 1. Power on which the ¦
¦block letters prisoner depends ______________ ¦
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
¦2. Name 3. First names (in full) 4. First name of father ¦
¦________________________________________________________________¦
¦5. Date of birth ___________ 6. Place of birth _________________¦
¦________________________________________________________________¦
¦7. Rank ________________________________________________________¦
¦8. Service number ______________________________________________¦
¦9. Address of next of kin ______________________________________¦
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
¦<*> 10. Taken prisoner on: (or) ¦
¦ Coming from (Camp No., hospital, etc.) ____________________¦
¦11. (a) Good health - (b) Not wounded - (c) Recovered - (d) ¦
¦ Convalescent - (e) Sick - (f) Slightly wounded - (g) ¦
¦ Seriously wounded. ¦
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
¦12. My present address is: Prisoner No. ________________________¦
¦ ¦
¦ Name of camp _______________________________________________¦
¦ ¦
¦13. Date ___________________ 14. Signature _____________________¦
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
¦ <*> Strike out what is not applicable - Do not add any¦
¦remarks - See explanations overleaf. ¦
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Remarks. - This form should be made out in two or three
languages, particularly in the prisoner's own language and in that
of the Detaining Power. Actual size: 15 by 10,5 centimetres.
C. CORRESPONDENCE CARD AND LETTER
(see Article 71)
1. CARD
1. Front
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¦ Prisoner of War Mail -------------¬ ¦
¦ -------------------- ¦Postage free¦ ¦
¦ L------------- ¦
¦ POST CARD ¦
¦ To _____________________________________¦
¦ Sender: ¦
+-------------------------------¬ ______________________________¦
¦Name and first names ¦ ¦
¦_______________________________¦ ¦
¦Place and date of birth ¦ Place of Destination ¦
¦_______________________________¦ ______________________________¦
¦Prisoner of War No. ¦ ¦
¦_______________________________¦ Street _______________________¦
¦Name of camp ¦ ¦
¦_______________________________¦ Country _____________¦
¦Country where posted ¦ ¦
¦_______________________________¦ Province or Department _______¦
¦ ¦ ¦
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2. Reverse side
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¦NAME OF CAMP ________________________ Date _____________________¦
¦ ¦
¦________________________________________________________________¦
¦ ¦
¦________________________________________________________________¦
¦ ¦
¦________________________________________________________________¦
¦ ¦
¦________________________________________________________________¦
¦ ¦
¦________________________________________________________________¦
¦ ¦
¦________________________________________________________________¦
¦ ¦
¦________________________________________________________________¦
¦ ¦
¦________________________________________________________________¦
¦ ¦
¦Write on the dotted lines only and as legibly as possible. ¦
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Remarks. - This form should be made out in two or three
languages, particularly in the prisoner's own language and in that
of the Detaining Power. Actual size of form: 15 by 10 centimetres.
2. LETTER
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/ \
/ \
/ \
/ \
/ \
/ \
/ \
/ ____________________ \
¦ ¦
¦ PRISONER OF WAR MAIL ¦
¦ -------- ¦
¦ Postage free ¦
¦ To __________________________________________________________¦
¦________________________________________________________________¦
¦ ¦
¦ Place _____________________________________________¦
¦ ---------------------------------------------¦
¦ Street ____________________________________________¦
¦ Country ___________________________________________¦
¦ Department or Province ____________________________¦
¦ ¦
¦________________________________________________________________¦
¦ ¦
¦ . . . . . . ¦
¦ ¦
¦ Sender: ¦
¦ Name and first names ________________________________________¦
¦ Date and place of birth _____________________________________¦
¦ Prisoner of War No. _________________________________________¦
¦ Name of camp ________________________________________________¦
¦ Country where posted ________________________________________¦
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Remarks. - This form should be made out in two or three
languages, particularly in the prisoner's own language and in that
of the Detaining Power. It should be folded along the dotted line,
the tab being inserted in the slit (marked by a line of
asterisks); it then has the appearance of an envelope. Overleaf,
it is lined like the postcard above (Annex IV C I); thins space
can contain about 250 words which the prisoner is free to write.
Actual size of the folded form: 29 by 15 centimetres.
D. NOTIFICATION OF DEATH
(see Article 120)
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¦(Title of responsible NOTIFICATION OF DEATH ¦
¦ authority) ¦
¦ ¦
¦ Power on which the ¦
¦ prisoner depended _____________________¦
¦ ¦
¦Name and first names ___________________________________________¦
¦ ¦
¦First name of father ¦_______________________________¦
¦Place and date of birth ¦_______________________________¦
¦Place and date of death ¦_______________________________¦
¦Rank and service number ¦ ¦
¦(as given on identity disc) ¦_______________________________¦
¦Address of next of kin ¦_______________________________¦
¦Where and when taken ¦ ¦
¦prisoner ¦_______________________________¦
¦Cause and circumstances ¦ ¦
¦of death ¦_______________________________¦
¦Place of burial ¦_______________________________¦
¦Is the grave marked and can ¦ ¦
¦it be found later by the ¦ ¦
¦relatives? ¦_______________________________¦
¦Are the personal effects of ¦_______________________________¦
¦the deceased in the keeping of ¦_______________________________¦
¦the Detaining Power or are they ¦_______________________________¦
¦being forwarded together with ¦_______________________________¦
¦this notification? ¦_______________________________¦
¦If forwarded, through what ¦ ¦
¦agency? ¦_______________________________¦
¦Can the person who cared for ¦_______________________________¦
¦the deceased during sickness ¦_______________________________¦
¦or during his last moments ¦_______________________________¦
¦(doctor, nurse, minister of ¦_______________________________¦
¦religion, fellow prisoner) give ¦_______________________________¦
¦here or on an attached sheet a ¦_______________________________¦
¦short account of the ¦_______________________________¦
¦circumstances of the death and ¦_______________________________¦
¦burial? ¦_______________________________¦
¦ ¦
¦(Date, seal and signature of Signature and address of two ¦
¦responsible authority.) witnesses ¦
¦ ¦
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Remarks. - This form should be made out in two or three
languages, particularly in the prisoner's own language and in that
of the Detaining Power. Actual size of the form: 21 by
30 centimetres.
E. REPATRIATION CERTIFICATE
(see Annex II, Article 11)
REPATRIATION CERTIFICATE
Date:
Camp:
Hospital:
Surname:
First names:
Date of birth:
Rank:
Army number:
P. W. number:
Injury-Disease:
Decision of the Commission:
Chairman of the
Mixed Medical Commission:
A = direct repatriation
B = accommodation in a neutral country
NC = re-examination by next Commission
Annex V
MODEL REGULATIONS
CONCERNING PAYMENTS SENT BY PRISONERS
TO THEIR OWN COUNTRY
(see Article 63)
1. The notification referred to in the third paragraph of
Article 63 will show:
(a) Number as specified in Article 17, rank, surname and first
names of the prisoner of war who is the payer;
(b) The name and address of the payee in the country of
origin;
(c) The amount to be so paid in the currency of the country in
which he is detained.
2. The notification will be signed by the prisoner of war, or
his witnessed mark made upon if it he cannot write, and shall be
countersigned by the prisoners' representative.
3. The camp commander will add to this notification a
certificate that the prisoner of war concerned has a credit
balance of not less than the amount registered as payable.
4. The notification may be made up in lists, each sheet of
such lists witnessed by the prisoners' representative and
certified by the camp commander.
* * *
On signing the Convention relative to the Treatment of
Prisoners of War, the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics makes the following reservations:
Article 10: "The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics will not
recognize the validity of requests by the Detaining Power to a
neutral State or to a humanitarian organization, to undertake the
functions performed by a Protecting Power, unless the consent of
the Government of the country of which the prisoners of war are
nationals has been obtained."
Article 12: "The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics does not
consider as valid the freeing of a Detaining Power, which has
transferred prisoners of war to another Power, from responsibility
for the application of the Convention to such prisoners of war
while the latter are in the custody of the Power accepting them."
Article 85: "The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics does not
consider itself bound by the obligation, which follows from
Article 85, to extend the application of the Convention to
prisoners of war who have been convicted under the law of the
Detaining Power, in accordance with the principles of the
Nuremberg trial, for war crimes and crimes against humanity, it
being understood that persons convicted of such crimes must be
subject to the conditions obtaining in the country in question for
those who undergo their punishment."
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