The Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949. Commentary. Volume II: For the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea.

COVER PAGE......Page 1
TITLE PAGE......Page 2
CONTENTS......Page 3
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
TITLE OF THE CONVENTION......Page 25
PREAMBLE......Page 27
ARTICLE 1. - RESPECT FOR THE CONVENTION'......Page 32
ARTICLE 2. - APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION......Page 34
ARTICLE 3. - CONFLICTS NOT OF AN INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER......Page 39
ARTICLE 4. - FIELD OF APPLICATION......Page 47
ARTICLE 5. - APPLICATION BY NEUTRAL POWERS......Page 49
ARTICLE 6. - SPECIAL AGREEMENTS......Page 53
ARTICLE 7. - NON-RENUNCIATION OF RIGHTS......Page 62
ARTICLE 8. - PROTECTING POWERS......Page 68
ARTICLE 9. - ACTIVITIES OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS......Page 74
ARTICLE 10. - SUBSTITUTES FOR PROTECTING POWERS......Page 78
ARTICLE 11. - CONCILIATION PROCEDURE......Page 86
CHAPTER II - WOUNDED, SICK AND SHIPWRECKED......Page 91
ARTICLE 12. - PROTECTION AND CARE......Page 92
ARTICLE 13. - PROTECTED PERSONS......Page 101
ARTICLE 14. - HANDING OVER TO A BELLIGERENT......Page 112
ARTICLE 15. - WOUNDED TAKEN ON BOARD A NEUTRAL WARSHIP......Page 115
ARTICLE 16. - WOUNDED FALLING INTO ENEMY HANDS......Page 120
ARTICLE 17. - WOUNDED LANDED IN A NEUTRAL PORT......Page 124
ARTICLE 18. - SEARCH FOR CASUALTIES AFTER AN ENGAGEMENT......Page 137
ARTICLE 19. - RECORDING AND FORWARDING OF INFORMATION......Page 144
ARTICLE 20. - PRESCRIPTIONS REGARDING THE DEAD......Page 154
ARTICLE 21. - APPEALS TO NEUTRAL VESSELS......Page 158
CHAPTER III - HOSPITAL SHIPS......Page 162
ARTICLE 22. - NOTIFICATION AND PROTECTION OF MILITARY HOSPITAL SHIPS......Page 163
ARTICLE 23. - PROTECTION OF MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENTS ASHORE......Page 170
I. PARTIES TO THE CONFLICT......Page 172
II. NEUTRAL COUNTRIES......Page 175
ARTICLE 26. - TONNAGE......Page 177
ARTICLE 27. - COASTAL RESCUE CRAFT......Page 179
ARTICLE 28. - PROTECTION OF SICK-BAYS......Page 183
ARTICLE 29. - HOSPITAL SHIPS IN OCCUPIED PORTS......Page 185
ARTICLE 30. - EMPLOYMENT OF HOSPITAL SHIPS AND SMALL CRAFT......Page 186
ARTICLE 31. - RIGHT OF CONTROL AND SEARCH......Page 189
ARTICLE 32. - STAY IN A NEUTRAL PORT......Page 194
ARTICLE 33. - CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS......Page 195
ARTICLE 34. - DISCONTINUANCE OF PROTECTION......Page 197
ARTICLE 35. - CONDITIONS NOT DEPRIVING HOSPITAL SHIPS OF PROTECTION......Page 201
CHAPTER IV - PERSONNEL......Page 207
ARTICLE 36. - PROTECTION OF THE PERSONNEL OF HOSPITAL SHIPS......Page 211
ARTICLE 37. - MEDICAL AND RELIGIOUS PERSONNEL OF OTHER SHIPS......Page 214
ARTICLE 38. - SHIPS USED FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT......Page 220
ARTICLE 39. - MEDICAL AIRCRAFT......Page 223
ARTICLE 40. - FLIGHT OVER NEUTRAL COUNTRIES; LANDING OF WOUNDED......Page 230
ARTICLE 41. - USE OF THE EMBLEM......Page 234
ARTICLE 42. - IDENTIFICATION OF MEDICAL AND RELIGIOUS PERSONNEL......Page 240
ARTICLE 43. - MARKING OF HOSPITAL SHIPS AND SMALL CRAFT......Page 248
ARTICLE 44. - LIMITATION IN THE USE OF MARKINGS......Page 254
ARTICLE 45. - PREVENTION OF MISUSE......Page 255
ARTICLE 46. - DETAILED EXECUTION. UNFORESEEN CASES......Page 259
ARTICLE 47. - PROHIBITION OF REPRISALS......Page 260
ARTICLE 48. - DISSEMINATION OF THE CONVENTION......Page 265
ARTICLE 49. - TRANSLATIONS. RULES OF APPLICATION......Page 267
CHAPTER VIII - REPRESSION OF ABUSES AND INFRACTIONS......Page 269
ARTICLE 50. - PENAL SANCTIONS: I. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS......Page 271
ARTICLE 51. - PENAL SANCTIONS: II. GRAVE BREACHES......Page 274
ARTICLE 52. - PENAL SANCTIONS: III. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES......Page 278
ARTICLE 53. - ENQUIRY PROCEDURE......Page 279
ARTICLE 54. - LANGUAGES......Page 281
ARTICLE 55. - SIGNATURE......Page 282
ARTICLE 56. - RATIFICATION......Page 283
ARTICLE 57. - COMING INTO FORCE......Page 284
ARTICLE 58. - RELATION TO THE 1907 CONVENTION......Page 285
ARTICLE 59. - ACCESSION......Page 286
ARTICLE 60. - NOTIFICATION OF ACCESSIONS......Page 287
ARTICLE 61. - IMMEDIATE EFFECT......Page 288
ARTICLE 62. - DENUNCIATION......Page 289
ARTICLE 63. - REGISTRATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS......Page 291
RESOLUTIONS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE OF GENEVA, 1949......Page 293
CHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS......Page 298
CHAPTER II - WOUNDED, SICK AND SHIPWRECKED......Page 304
CHAPTER III - HOSPITAL SHIPS......Page 309
CHAPTER V - MEDICAL TRANSPORTS......Page 313
CHAPTER VI - THE DISTINCTIVE EMBLEM......Page 315
CHAPTER VII - EXECUTION OF THE CONVENTION......Page 318
CHAPTER VIII - REPRESSION OF ABUSES AND INFRACTIONS......Page 319
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 324