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Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949.
Part VI : Execution of the convention #Section I : General provisions
ARTICLE 130Database 'IHL - Treaties & Comments', View 'COMART'

    Grave breaches to which the preceding ArticleDatabase 'IHL - Treaties & Comments', View '1.Traités \1.2. Par Article' relates shall be those involving any of the following acts, if committed against persons or property protected by the Convention: wilful killing, torture or inhuman treatment, including biological experiments, wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health, compelling a prisoner of war to serve in the forces of the hostile Power, or wilfully depriving a prisoner of war of the rights of fair and regular trial prescribed in this Convention.

 
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