Multiple choice

The law relating to prisoners of war has been codified by

  1. Hague Conventions

  2. Geneva Conventions

  3. Vienna Conventions

  4. None of these
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Explanation

The law relating to prisoners of war has been codified by Geneva Conventions. Chapter II of the Annex to the 1907 Hague Convention IV – The Laws and Customs of War on Land covered the treatment of prisoners of war in detail. These provisions were further expanded in the 1929 Geneva Convention on the Prisoners of War and were largely revised in the Third Geneva Convention in 1949. 

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