Must Read: Getachew Reda and the International Law
Posted: 21 Mar 2021, 21:43
Prisoners of War (PoW) & Labour/Labor
"ደከም ደከም ያሉትን ምርኮኝች እየለቀቅን፤ ወጠምሻ ወጠምሻውን ለአንዳንድ ስራ እየተጠቅምንባቸው ነው"-
ጌታቸው ረዳ via TMH
Can the detaining force (captor) use prisoner labor (of prisoners of war)?
Customary IHL Rule 95 [Forced Labor]
Practice: [Volume II, Chapter 32, Section H]
"... the Third Geneva Convention provides that 'the Detaining Power may utilize the labor of prisoners of war who are physically fit, taking into account their age, sex, rank, and physical aptitude, and with a view particularly to maintaining them in a good state of physical and mental health.' "
Read also CONVENTION OF JULY 27, 1929, RELATIVE TO THE TREATMENT LABOR OF PRISONERS OF WAR (Section III, Chapter 1, Article 27).
"ደከም ደከም ያሉትን ምርኮኝች እየለቀቅን፤ ወጠምሻ ወጠምሻውን ለአንዳንድ ስራ እየተጠቅምንባቸው ነው"-
ጌታቸው ረዳ via TMH
Can the detaining force (captor) use prisoner labor (of prisoners of war)?
Customary IHL Rule 95 [Forced Labor]
Practice: [Volume II, Chapter 32, Section H]
"... the Third Geneva Convention provides that 'the Detaining Power may utilize the labor of prisoners of war who are physically fit, taking into account their age, sex, rank, and physical aptitude, and with a view particularly to maintaining them in a good state of physical and mental health.' "
Read also CONVENTION OF JULY 27, 1929, RELATIVE TO THE TREATMENT LABOR OF PRISONERS OF WAR (Section III, Chapter 1, Article 27).