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Prisoners of War in Contemporary Conflict (Hardcover)
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Prisoners of War in Contemporary Conflict (Hardcover)
Series: LIEBER STUDIES SERIES
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In 2021, the International Committee of the Red Cross released its
Commentary on the 1949 Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment
of Prisoners of War (POWs). The new document updated the 1960
"Pictet Commentary." As a result, the attention of the
law-of-armed-conflict community was refocused on the designation
and treatment of POWs. The Lieber Institute for Law and Warfare at
West Point launched a project to further examine the subject. The
result is this book. Sadly, world events have made that examination
especially timely. Unlike the ICRC's updated Commentary, this book
is not meant to be a comprehensive treatment of the international
law relating to POWs. Rather, it is a collection of capita selecta
identified by the contributors as meriting further examination -
either because they are unsettled, inadequately addressed in the
literature, or operationally problematic. The work is in three
parts. Part I examines qualification for POW status. Discussion
then moves in Part II to the treatment to which POWs are entitled.
Part III concludes with a consideration of the historical relevance
of, and perspectives on, the international law governing POWs. As
the drafters of the Third Geneva Convention emphasized over seventy
years ago, the aim of the law is "to mitigate as far as possible,
the inevitable rigours [of a war] and to alleviate the condition of
prisoners of war." It is through that lens that scholars and
practitioners should consider the rules governing POWs, and with
which they should approach this book.
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