Related Rule
Poland
Practice Relating to Rule 123. Recording and Notification of Personal Details of Persons Deprived of Their Liberty
Poland’s Prisoner of War Handling Procedures (2009) states:
The following principles shall apply to the detention and transport of prisoners of war:
a) following capture, prisoners of war shall be assembled in one place, where a general capture report shall be drafted …
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c) each prisoner shall be issued with an identification number and have a Prisoner of War Registration Card …
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j) persons receiving the prisoners shall complete the necessary documentation.
Poland, Norma Obronna NO-02-A020:2000, Procedury postępowania z jeńcami wojennymi, enacted by decision No. 134/MON related to the Approval and Enforcement of Regulatory Instruments in Respect of State Defence and Security, 21 April 2009, published in the Official Gazette of the Ministry of National Defence, No. 8, Item 99, April 2009, Section 2.2; see also Section 4.3.1–4.3.2.
The Procedures further states: “The capturing unit has a duty to accurately complete the capture report and issue the prisoner of war with an identity badge.”
Poland, Norma Obronna NO-02-A020:2000, Procedury postępowania z jeńcami wojennymi, enacted by decision No. 134/MON related to the Approval and Enforcement of Regulatory Instruments in Respect of State Defence and Security, 21 April 2009, published in the Official Gazette of the Ministry of National Defence, No. 8, Item 99, April 2009, Section 4.4.
