See Release; Re-establishment; Return;
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LEGAL SOURCE
of POWs during hostilities:
when seriously sick or wounded
GCIII, 109-117, Annexes I & II
at the end of active hostilities
internment in a neutral country
of internees
grave breach if unjustifiable delay
of persons not otherwise protected
CASES
Cuba, Status of Captured “Guerrillas”
Case Study, Armed Conflicts in the former Yugoslavia (Para. 18)
Bangladesh/India/Pakistan, 1974 Agreement (Arts 3-11 and 13-15)
Ethiopia/Somalia, Prisoners of War of the Ogaden Conflict
Eritrea/Ethiopia, Partial Award on POWs (Part B., Paras. 143-163)
Iran/Iraq, 70,000 Prisoners of War Repatriated (Parts B., C. and D.)
Case Study, Armed Conflicts in the former Yugoslavia (Paras. 8 and 21)
The Conflict in Western Sahara (Parts A. and C.)
USA, Guantánamo, End of "Active Hostilities" in Afghanistan
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES
DINSTEIN Yoram, “The Release of Prisoners of War”, in Studies and Essays on International Humanitarian Law and Red Cross Principles in Honour of Jean Pictet, Geneva/The Hague, ICRC/M. Nijhoff, 1984, pp. 37-45.
REICHEL Daniel, “L’internement et le rapatriement des militaires soviétiques réfugiés en Suisse pendant le Seconde Guerre Mondiale”, in Actes du symposium 1982, Lausanne, Éditions du Centre d’Histoire, 1982, pp. 77-90
SASSÒLI Marco, “The Status, Treatment and Repatriation of Deserters under International Humanitarian Law”, in Yearbook of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, 1985, pp. 9-36.
SCHAPIRO L. B., “Repatriation of Deserters”, in BYIL, Vol. 29, 1952, pp. 310-324.
SHIELDS DELESSERT Christiane, Release and Repatriation of Prisoners of War at the End of Active Hostilities: A Study of Article 118, paragraph 1, of the Third Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Zurich, Schulthess, Études suisses de Droit international, Vol. 5, 1977, 225 pp.