See Release; Re-establishment; Return

 OUTLINE

 LEGAL SOURCE

of POWs during hostilities:   

when seriously sick or wounded

    GCIII, 109-117, Annexes I & II

at the end of active hostilities

    GCIII, 118-119

    CIHL, 128/A

internment in a neutral country

    GCIII, 110/2-3, 111, Annex I

of internees

    GCIV, 132, 134

grave breach if unjustifiable delay

    PI, 85/4b

of persons not otherwise protected

    PI, 75/6

 CASES

 BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES

BAXTER Richard R., “Asylum to Prisoners of War”, in BYIL, Vol. 30, 1953, pp. 489-498   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.