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Convention (V) respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land. The Hague, 18 October 1907.
Chapter II : Belligerents interned and wounded tended in neutral territory
Art. 11. A neutral Power which receives on its territory troops belonging to the belligerent armies shall intern them, as far as possible, at a distance from the theatre of war.

    It may keep them in camps and even confine them in fortresses or in places set apart for this purpose.
    It shall decide whether officers can be left at liberty on giving their parole not to leave the neutral territory without permission.

 
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