The Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949. Commentary. Volume II: For the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea.

COVER PAGE......Page 1 TITLE PAGE......Page 2 CONTENTS......Page 3 INTRODUCTION......Page 12 TITLE OF THE CONVENTION......Page 25 PREAMBLE......Page 27 ARTICLE 1. - RESPECT FOR THE CONVENTION'......Page 32 ARTICLE 2. - APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION......Page 34 ARTICLE 3. - CONFLICTS NOT OF AN INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER......Page 39 ARTICLE 4. - FIELD OF APPLICATION......Page 47 ARTICLE 5. - APPLICATION BY NEUTRAL POWERS......Page 49 ARTICLE 6. - SPECIAL AGREEMENTS......Page 53 ARTICLE 7. - NON-RENUNCIATION OF RIGHTS......Page 62 ARTICLE 8. - PROTECTING POWERS......Page 68 ARTICLE 9. - ACTIVITIES OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS......Page 74 ARTICLE 10. - SUBSTITUTES FOR PROTECTING POWERS......Page 78 ARTICLE 11. - CONCILIATION PROCEDURE......Page 86 CHAPTER II - WOUNDED, SICK AND SHIPWRECKED......Page 91 ARTICLE 12. - PROTECTION AND CARE......Page 92 ARTICLE 13. - PROTECTED PERSONS......Page 101 ARTICLE 14. - HANDING OVER TO A BELLIGERENT......Page 112 ARTICLE 15. - WOUNDED TAKEN ON BOARD A NEUTRAL WARSHIP......Page 115 ARTICLE 16. - WOUNDED FALLING INTO ENEMY HANDS......Page 120 ARTICLE 17. - WOUNDED LANDED IN A NEUTRAL PORT......Page 124 ARTICLE 18. - SEARCH FOR CASUALTIES AFTER AN ENGAGEMENT......Page 137 ARTICLE 19. - RECORDING AND FORWARDING OF INFORMATION......Page 144 ARTICLE 20. - PRESCRIPTIONS REGARDING THE DEAD......Page 154 ARTICLE 21. - APPEALS TO NEUTRAL VESSELS......Page 158 CHAPTER III - HOSPITAL SHIPS......Page 162 ARTICLE 22. - NOTIFICATION AND PROTECTION OF MILITARY HOSPITAL SHIPS......Page 163 ARTICLE 23. - PROTECTION OF MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENTS ASHORE......Page 170 I. PARTIES TO THE CONFLICT......Page 172 II. NEUTRAL COUNTRIES......Page 175 ARTICLE 26. - TONNAGE......Page 177 ARTICLE 27. - COASTAL RESCUE CRAFT......Page 179 ARTICLE 28. - PROTECTION OF SICK-BAYS......Page 183 ARTICLE 29. - HOSPITAL SHIPS IN OCCUPIED PORTS......Page 185 ARTICLE 30. - EMPLOYMENT OF HOSPITAL SHIPS AND SMALL CRAFT......Page 186 ARTICLE 31. - RIGHT OF CONTROL AND SEARCH......Page 189 ARTICLE 32. - STAY IN A NEUTRAL PORT......Page 194 ARTICLE 33. - CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS......Page 195 ARTICLE 34. - DISCONTINUANCE OF PROTECTION......Page 197 ARTICLE 35. - CONDITIONS NOT DEPRIVING HOSPITAL SHIPS OF PROTECTION......Page 201 CHAPTER IV - PERSONNEL......Page 207 ARTICLE 36. - PROTECTION OF THE PERSONNEL OF HOSPITAL SHIPS......Page 211 ARTICLE 37. - MEDICAL AND RELIGIOUS PERSONNEL OF OTHER SHIPS......Page 214 ARTICLE 38. - SHIPS USED FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT......Page 220 ARTICLE 39. - MEDICAL AIRCRAFT......Page 223 ARTICLE 40. - FLIGHT OVER NEUTRAL COUNTRIES; LANDING OF WOUNDED......Page 230 ARTICLE 41. - USE OF THE EMBLEM......Page 234 ARTICLE 42. - IDENTIFICATION OF MEDICAL AND RELIGIOUS PERSONNEL......Page 240 ARTICLE 43. - MARKING OF HOSPITAL SHIPS AND SMALL CRAFT......Page 248 ARTICLE 44. - LIMITATION IN THE USE OF MARKINGS......Page 254 ARTICLE 45. - PREVENTION OF MISUSE......Page 255 ARTICLE 46. - DETAILED EXECUTION. UNFORESEEN CASES......Page 259 ARTICLE 47. - PROHIBITION OF REPRISALS......Page 260 ARTICLE 48. - DISSEMINATION OF THE CONVENTION......Page 265 ARTICLE 49. - TRANSLATIONS. RULES OF APPLICATION......Page 267 CHAPTER VIII - REPRESSION OF ABUSES AND INFRACTIONS......Page 269 ARTICLE 50. - PENAL SANCTIONS: I. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS......Page 271 ARTICLE 51. - PENAL SANCTIONS: II. GRAVE BREACHES......Page 274 ARTICLE 52. - PENAL SANCTIONS: III. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES......Page 278 ARTICLE 53. - ENQUIRY PROCEDURE......Page 279 ARTICLE 54. - LANGUAGES......Page 281 ARTICLE 55. - SIGNATURE......Page 282 ARTICLE 56. - RATIFICATION......Page 283 ARTICLE 57. - COMING INTO FORCE......Page 284 ARTICLE 58. - RELATION TO THE 1907 CONVENTION......Page 285 ARTICLE 59. - ACCESSION......Page 286 ARTICLE 60. - NOTIFICATION OF ACCESSIONS......Page 287 ARTICLE 61. - IMMEDIATE EFFECT......Page 288 ARTICLE 62. - DENUNCIATION......Page 289 ARTICLE 63. - REGISTRATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS......Page 291 RESOLUTIONS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE OF GENEVA, 1949......Page 293 CHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS......Page 298 CHAPTER II - WOUNDED, SICK AND SHIPWRECKED......Page 304 CHAPTER III - HOSPITAL SHIPS......Page 309 CHAPTER V - MEDICAL TRANSPORTS......Page 313 CHAPTER VI - THE DISTINCTIVE EMBLEM......Page 315 CHAPTER VII - EXECUTION OF THE CONVENTION......Page 318 CHAPTER VIII - REPRESSION OF ABUSES AND INFRACTIONS......Page 319 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 324