I am going to be presenting about prisoners of war, specifically what constitutes a POW and what can and can’t happen to them under the Geneva Convention. I will only be talking about Article 13, the treatment of POW’s, Article 26, the food rations, and labour and article 53 about the legal and moral purpose of this issue and its strategic/security importance. Throughout, there will be many references to ICRC, which is the International committee of the Red Cross.
Firstly, we need to define what a POW is. A POW is defined as a member of an armed force adding to a conflict, including militias or volunteer corps (ICRC, 1949 convention 3).…