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The updated ICRC Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention: A new tool to protect prisoners of war in the twenty-first century –CORRIGENDUM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2021

Jemma Arman ,
Jean-Marie Henckaerts ,
Heleen Hiemstra  and
Kvitoslava Krotiuk
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The Authors apologise for two errors within their published Article. These appear on pages 391 and 416.

Keywords

international humanitarian lawGeneva Convention IIIupdated Commentaryprisoners of warinternmentcaptivityDetaining Powerhumane treatmentprotection of person and honourequal treatmentnon-discriminationprinciple of assimilationtransferrelease and repatriationseriously wounded and sick prisonersquartersfoodclothingmedical care and sanitationrecreationreligionrelations with the exteriorlabourcomplaintsprisoners' representativesdisciplinary and judicial proceedingscorrigendum

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Corrigendum
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International Review of the Red Cross , Volume 103 , Issue 916-917: Counterterrorism, sanctions and war , April 2021 , pp. 763 - 764
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the ICRC

The Authors apologise for two errors within their published Article. These appear on pages 391 and 416.

On page 391, the first sentence of the second paragraph:

Updating the Commentaries on each of the 142 articles of GC III required consideration of a wide range of historical, legal, military, ethical, socio-cultural and technological issues.

should read as follows:

Updating the Commentaries on each of the 143 articles of GC III required consideration of a wide range of historical, legal, military, ethical, socio-cultural and technological issues.

On page 416 in the Conclusion's second paragraph, the sentence:

The 142 articles of GC III provide a rich framework of realistic but essential protections covering all aspects of a prisoner's capture until their final release and repatriation.

should read as follows:

The 143 articles of GC III provide a rich framework of realistic but essential protections covering all aspects of a prisoner's capture until their final release and repatriation.

References

Arman, Jemma, Henckaerts, Jean-Marie, Hiemstra, Heleen and Krotiuk, Kvitoslava, “The updated ICRC Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention: A new tool to protect prisoners of war in the twenty-first century”, International Review of the Red Cross, Vol. 102, No. 913, 2020.CrossRefGoogle Scholar