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Originally Posted by Beebs
Now go and see what article 5 of the 3rd convention says.
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It "specifies that prisoners of war (as defined in article 4) are protected from the time of their capture until their final repatriation. It also specifies that
when there is any doubt whether a combatant belongs to the categories in article 4, they should be treated as such until their status has been determined by a competent tribunal."
Which means they must be "pronounced by a regularly constituted court,
affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples."