Agreement on the Treatment of Prisoners of War

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Proclamation in the German Reichsgesetzblatt (1934)

The Geneva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War was an international treaty dated July 27, 1929.

It regulates the treatment of prisoners of war and civilians who follow the troops in times of war without belonging directly to it ( war correspondents , sutlers or private security service providers ).

In contrast to earlier agreements on the protection of prisoners of war, which retained their validity, this agreement no longer contained an all- participation clause , that is, accession obliged to comply with the rules even against states that had not acceded to the agreement.

The agreement expired after all contracting parties acceded to the successor agreement of 1949 .

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