Respect for Human Rights in Armed Conflicts

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1971.

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13 documents · 1969–1978

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Human Rights in Armed Conflicts International Law Prisoners of War Treaties

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Calls upon all parties to any armed conflict to comply with the terms and provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, of 12 August 1949, so as to ensure the humane treatment of all persons entitled to the protection of the Convention and, inter alia, to permit regular inspection, in accordance with the Convention, of all places of detention of prisoners of war by a protecting Power or humanitarian organization such as the International Committee of the Red Cross;

Endorses the continuing efforts of the Inte.rnational Committee of the Red Cross to secure the effective application of the Geneva Convention of 1949;

Requests the Secretary-General to exert all efforts to obtain humane treatment for prisoners of war, especially for the victims of armed aggression and colonial suppression;

Urges compliance with article 109 of the Geneva Convention of 1949, which requires the repatriation of seriously wounded and seriously sick prisoners of war and which provides for agreements with a view to the direct repatriation or internment in a neutral country of able-bodied prisoners of war who have undergone a long period of captivity;

Urges that combatants in all armed conflicts not covered by article 4 of the Geneva Convention of 28 [nternational Review of the Red Cross, No, 104 (November 1969), p. 614.

• United Nations, Treaty Serlea, vol. 75 (19SO), No. 972. 1949 be accorded the same humane treatment defined by the principles of international law applied to prisoners of war;

Urges strict compliance with the provisions of the existing international instruments concerning human rights in armed conflicts, and urges those States which have not yet done so to ratify or aceede to the relevant instruments in order to facilitate in -an aspects the protection of the victims of armed conflicts.

9 December 1970.

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