The Treatment of Prisoners of War Since the beginning of the human era, many problems were solved through the use of violence - or more specifically, war. In every war, soldiers, medics, spies and many others are captured and are forced to live in conditions that may either be worse than what is found in a common prison or better than what a civilian may have. They may be forced to work/ add sufficient manpower to help boost weaponry production or help boost the economy in the country that captured them. A Geneva Convention related to how prisoners of war are treated was help between August 1949 and October 1950. The first provision of article three explained that no soldier who have surrendered/ laid down their arm and/ or placed hors de
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(Geneva) He took not only prisoners of war but civilians from territories conquered by the Nazis. This action goes against article 2 which says “The Convention shall also apply to all cases of partial or total occupation of the territory of a High Contracting Party, even if the said occupation meets with no armed resistance.” (Treaties) Furthermore, he removed his own German women from the labor deemed dangerous and procured hundreds of female civilians to take their place. (Fritz) This violates article 52 which states that no POW may be forced to participate in labor that is considered dangerous and/ or humiliating for the host country’s own population. (Geneva) Requirements for shelter for POWs are not to the point where they get a house that they share with only four other people but its should not be to the point where they live in tents no matter the weather. Article 38 stipulates that POWs must be provided with clothing, equipment, and blankets that matches with the local weather. They must also be provided with the same housing that the host/ captive country provides for their own soldiers. (Prisoners pg
(Geneva) He took not only prisoners of war but civilians from territories conquered by the Nazis. This action goes against article 2 which says “The Convention shall also apply to all cases of partial or total occupation of the territory of a High Contracting Party, even if the said occupation meets with no armed resistance.” (Treaties) Furthermore, he removed his own German women from the labor deemed dangerous and procured hundreds of female civilians to take their place. (Fritz) This violates article 52 which states that no POW may be forced to participate in labor that is considered dangerous and/ or humiliating for the host country’s own population. (Geneva) Requirements for shelter for POWs are not to the point where they get a house that they share with only four other people but its should not be to the point where they live in tents no matter the weather. Article 38 stipulates that POWs must be provided with clothing, equipment, and blankets that matches with the local weather. They must also be provided with the same housing that the host/ captive country provides for their own soldiers. (Prisoners pg