Hygiene

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OUTLINE

Chapter 6, III. f) rules on treatment during internment

Chapter 8, II. 3. B. gg) treatment of civilian internees

Chapter 8, IV. 10. b. public health and hygiene

LEGAL SOURCE

POWs

GCIII, 22, 25, 29-32

internees and other detained persons

GCIV, 76/1, 85, 91-92

PII, 5/1(b) and 5/2(b)

protected persons

GCIV, 49/3, 56, 76/1, 85

DOCUMENTS

UN, Minimum Humanitarian Standards

CASES

Colombia, Response of armed groups to COVID-19

Former Yugoslavia, Special Agreements between the Parties to the Conflicts

Water and Armed Conflicts

UN, Guidelines for UN Forces

Eritrea/Ethiopia, Partial Award on POWs

United States, United States v. Noriega

Ethiopia/Somalia, Prisoners of War of the Ogaden Conflict

Case Study, Armed Conflicts in the Great Lakes Region (1994-2005)

Iraq, Medical Ethics in Detention

ICRC, Customary International Humanitarian Law