The Fourth Geneva Convention
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Article 3.
In the case of armed conflict not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of
the High Contracting Parties, each Party to the conflict shall be bound to apply, as a minimum,
the following provisions:
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Persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members of armed forces who have
laid down their arms and those placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds, detention, or any
other cause, shall in all circumstances be treated humanely, without any adverse distinction
founded on race, colour, religion or faith, sex, birth or wealth, or any other similar criteria.
To this end the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place
whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons:
[a]
violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture;
[b]
taking of hostages;
[c]
outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment;
[d]
the passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgment pronounced
by a regularly constituted court, affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples.
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The wounded and sick shall be collected and cared for.
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