Back to: Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949.

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Article 145 - Translations. Rules of application

The High Contracting Parties shall communicate to one another through the Swiss Federal Council and, during hostilities, through the Protecting Powers, the official translations of the present Convention, as well as the laws and regulations which they may adopt to ensure the application thereof.

Title of the Convention

Part I : General provisions

Article 1 - Respect for the Convention

Article 2 - Application of the Convention

Article 3 - Conflicts not of an international character

Article 4 - Definition of protected persons

Article 5 - Derogations

Article 6 - Beginning and end of application

Article 7 - Special agreements

Article 8 - Non-renunciation of rights

Article 9 - Protecting Powers

Article 10 - Activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross

Article 11 - Substitutes for Protecting Powers

Article 12 - Conciliation procedure

Part II : General protection of populations against certain consequences of war

Article 13 - Field of application of Part II

Article 14 - Hospital and safety zones and localities

Article 15 - Neutralized zones

Article 16 - Wounded and sick I. General protection

Article 17 - Wounded and sick II. Evacuation

Article 18 - Wounded and sick III. Protection of hospitals

Article 19 - Wounded and sick IV. Discontinuance of protection of hospitals

Article 20 - Wounded and sick V. Hospital staff

Article 21 - Wounded and sick VI. Land and sea transport

Article 22 - Wounded and sick VII. Air transport

Article 23 - Consignment of medical supplies, food and clothing

Article 24 - Measures relating to child welfare

Article 25 - Family news

Article 26 - Dispersed families

Part III : Status and treatment of protected persons

Section I : Provisions common to the territories of the parties to the conflict and to occupied territories

Article 27 - Treatment I. General observations

Article 28 - Treatment II. Danger zones

Article 29 - Treatment III. Responsibilities

Article 30 - Application to Protecting Powers and relief organizations

Article 31 - Prohibition of coercion

Article 32 - Prohibition of corporal punishment, torture, etc.

Article 33 - Individual responsibility, collective penalties, pillage, reprisals

Article 34 - Hostages

Section II : Aliens in the territory of a party to the conflict

Article 35 - Right to leave the territory

Article 36 - Method of repatriation

Article 37 - Persons in confinement

Article 38 - Non-repatriated persons I. General observations

Article 39 - Non-repatriated persons II. Means of existence

Article 40 - Non-repatriated persons III. Employment

Article 41 - Non-repatriated persons IV. Assigned residence. Internment

Article 42 - Non-repatriated persons V. Ground for internment or assigned residence. Voluntary internment

Article 43 - Non-repatriated persons VI. Procedure

Article 44 - Non-repatriated persons VII. Refugees

Article 45 - Non-repatriated persons VIII. Transfer to another Power

Article 46 - Cancellation of restrictive measures

Section III : Occupied territories

Article 47 - Inviolability of rights

Article 48 - Special cases of repatriation

Article 49 - Deportations, transfers, evacuations

Article 50 - Children

Article 51 - Enlistment. Labour

Article 52 - Protection of workers

Article 53 - Prohibited destruction

Article 54 - Judges and public officials

Article 55 - Food and medical supplies for the population

Article 56 - Hygiene and public health

Article 57 - Requisition of hospitals

Article 58 - Spiritual assistance

Article 59 - Relief I. Collective relief

Article 60 - Relief II. Responsibilities of the Occupying Power

Article 61 - Relief III. Distribution

Article 62 - Relief IV. Individual relief

Article 63 - National Red Cross and other relief societies

Article 64 - Penal legislation. I. General observations

Article 65 - Penal legislation. II. Publication

Article 66 - Penal legislation. III. Competent courts

Article 67 - Penal legislation. IV. Applicable provisions

Article 68 - Penal legislation. V. Penalties. Death penalty

Article 69 - Penal legislation. VI. Deduction from sentence of period spent under arrest

Article 70 - Penal legislation. VII. Offences committed before occupation

Article 71 - Penal procedure I. General observations

Article 72 - Penal procedure II. Right of defence

Article 73 - Penal procedure III. Right of appeal

Article 74 - Penal procedure IV. Assistance by the Protecting Power

Article 75 - Penal procedure V. Death sentence

Article 76 - Treatment of detainees

Article 77 - Handing over of detainees at the close of occupation

Article 78 - Security measures. Internment and assigned residence. Right of appeal

Section IV : Regulations for the treatment of internees

Chapter I : General provisions

Article 79 - Cases of internment and applicable provisions

Article 80 - Civil capacity

Article 81 - Maintenance

Article 82 - Grouping of internees

Chapter II : Places of internment

Article 83 - Location of places of internment. Marking of camps

Article 84 - Separate internment

Article 85 - Accommodation, hygiene

Article 86 - Premises for religious services

Article 87 - Canteens

Article 88 - Air raid shelters. Protective measures

Chapter III : Food and clothing

Article 89 - Food

Article 90 - Clothing

Chapter IV : Hygiene and medical attention

Article 91 - Medical attention

Article 92 - Medical inspections

Chapter V : Religious, intellectual and physical activities

Article 93 - Religious duties

Article 94 - Recreation, study, sports and games

Article 95 - Working conditions

Article 96 - Labour detachments

Chapter VI : Personal property and financial resources

Article 97 - Valuables and personal effects

Article 98 - Financial resources and individual accounts

Chapter VII : Administration and discipline

Article 99 - Camp administration. Posting of the Convention and of orders

Article 100 - General discipline

Article 101 - Complaints and petitions

Article 102 - Internee committees I. Election of members

Article 103 - Internee committees II. Duties

Article 104 - Internee committees III. Prerogatives

Chapter VIII : Relations with the exterior

Article 105 - Notification of measures taken

Article 106 - Internment card

Article 107 - Correspondence

Article 108 - Relief shipments I. General principles

Article 109 - Relief shipments II. Collective relief

Article 110 - Relief shipments III. Exemption from postal and transport charges

Article 111 - Special means of transport

Article 112 - Censorship and examination

Article 113 - Execution and transmission of legal documents

Article 114 - Management of property

Article 115 - Facilities for preparation and conduct of cases

Article 116 - Visits

Chapter IX : Penal and disciplinary sanctions

Article 117 - General provisions. Applicable legislation

Article 118 - Penalties

Article 119 - Disciplinary punishments

Article 120 - Escapes

Article 121 - Connected offences

Article 122 - Investigations. Confinement awaiting hearing

Article 123 - Competent authorities. Procedure

Article 124 - Premises for disciplinary punishments

Article 125 - Essential safeguards

Article 126 - Provisions applicable to judicial proceedings

Chapter X : Transfers of internees

Article 127 - Conditions

Article 128 - Method

Chapter XI : Deaths

Article 129 - Wills. Death certificates

Article 130 - Burial. Cremation

Article 131 - Internees killed or injured in special circumstances

Chapter XII : Release, repatriation and accommodation in neutral countries

Article 132 - During hostilities or occupation

Article 133 - After the close of hostilities

Article 134 - Repatriation and return to the last place of residence

Article 135 - Costs

Part III : Status and treatment of protected persons - Section V : Information bureaux and central agency

Article 136 - National Bureaux

Article 137 - Transmission of information

Article 138 - Particulars required

Article 139 - Forwarding of personal valuables

Article 140 - Central Agency

Article 141 - Exemption from charges

Part IV. Execution of the Convention

Part IV - Section I: General provisions

Article 142 - Relief societies and other organizations

Article 143 - Supervision

Article 144 - Dissemination of the Convention

Article 145 - Translations. Rules of application

Article 146 - Penal sanctions I. General observations

Article 147 - Penal sanctions II. Grave breaches

Article 148 - Penal sanctions III. Responsibilities of the Contracting Parties

Article 149 - Enquiry procedure

Part IV: Execution of the Convention - Section II: Final provisions

Article 150 - Languages

Article 151 - Signature

Article 152 - Ratification

Article 153 - Coming into force

Article 154 - Relation with the Hague Conventions

Article 155 - Accession

Article 156 - Notification of accessions

Article 157 - Immediate effect

Article 158 - Denunciation

Article 159 - Registration with the United Nations

Annex I: Draft agreement relating to hospital and safety zones and localities

Article 1 - Beneficiaries

Article 2 - Prohibited work

Article 3 - Prohibited access

Article 4 - Conditions

Article 5 - Obligations

Article 6 - Marking

Article 7 - Notification and Recognition

Article 8 - Control

Article 9 - Sanctions

Article 10 - Nomination of Members of the Commissions

Article 11 - Respect for the Zones

Article 12 - Occupation

Article 13 - Hospital Localities

Annex II. Draft Regulations concerning Collective Relief

Article 1 - The Role of the Internee Committees

Article 2 - A Special Case: Medical Stores

Article 3 - Receipt of Supplies

Article 4 - Supervision of distribution in "Annexes" of places of internment

Article 5 - Forms or Questionnaires Concerning Relief Supplies

Article 6 - Warehouses

Article 7 - Purchases in the Country of Internment

Article 8 - Other Methods of Allocating Collective Relief

I. - Annex III - Internment card

II. - Annex III - Letter

III. - Annex III - Correspondence card

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