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"UN: Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, 1949" [2005] ELECD 309; in Tully, Stephen (ed), "International Documents on Corporate Responsibility" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005)

Book Title: International Documents on Corporate Responsibility

Editor(s): Tully, Stephen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781843768197

Section: Chapter 86

Section Title: UN: Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, 1949

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

86. UN: Geneva Convention for the Amelioration
of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in
Armed Forces in the Field, 1949

Chapter IV: Personnel

Article 28
Personnel designated in Articles 24 and 26 [medical personnel and members of voluntary aid
societies] who fall into the hands of the adverse Party shall be retained only in so far as the
state of health, the spiritual needs and the number of prisoners of war require . . . They shall
further enjoy the following facilities for carrying out their medical or spiritual duties:

(c) Although retained personnel in a camp shall be subject to its internal discipline, they
shall not, however, be required to perform any work outside their medical or religious
duties . . .


Chapter VI: Medical Transports

Article 35
Transports of wounded and sick or of medical equipment shall be respected and protected in
the same way as mobile medical units . . . The civilian personnel and all means of transport
obtained by requisition shall be subject to the general rules of international law.


Chapter VII: The Distinctive Emblem

Article 38
As a compliment to Switzerland, the heraldic emblem of the red cross on a white ground,
formed by reversing the Federal colours, is retained as the emblem and distinctive sign of the
Medical Service of armed forces. Nevertheless, in the case of countries which already use as
emblem, in place of the red cross, the red crescent or the red lion and sun on a white ground,
those emblems are also recognized by the terms ...