The Korean War and the post-war prisoners of war (POW) regime, 1945-1956

This paper examines the framework for the treatment of prisoners of war that emerged after 1945. It focuses on one of the key elements of the post-war prisoner of war (POW) regime, the role of neutral bodies – state authorities acting as ‘protecting powers’ or humanitarian agencies such as the Inter...

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Main Authors: Wylie, Neville, Crossland, James
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Published: SAGE Publications 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34864/
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description This paper examines the framework for the treatment of prisoners of war that emerged after 1945. It focuses on one of the key elements of the post-war prisoner of war (POW) regime, the role of neutral bodies – state authorities acting as ‘protecting powers’ or humanitarian agencies such as the International Committee of the Red Cross – in supervising the implementation of the 1949 POW convention. It examines the importance of neutral supervision for the POW regime, and shows how the events of the Korean War affected the willingness of states to comply with their obligations under the new convention.
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spelling nottingham-348642020-05-04T17:00:23Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34864/ The Korean War and the post-war prisoners of war (POW) regime, 1945-1956 Wylie, Neville Crossland, James This paper examines the framework for the treatment of prisoners of war that emerged after 1945. It focuses on one of the key elements of the post-war prisoner of war (POW) regime, the role of neutral bodies – state authorities acting as ‘protecting powers’ or humanitarian agencies such as the International Committee of the Red Cross – in supervising the implementation of the 1949 POW convention. It examines the importance of neutral supervision for the POW regime, and shows how the events of the Korean War affected the willingness of states to comply with their obligations under the new convention. SAGE Publications 2015-01-23 Article PeerReviewed Wylie, Neville and Crossland, James (2015) The Korean War and the post-war prisoners of war (POW) regime, 1945-1956. War in History, 23 (4). pp. 439-456. ISSN 1477-0385 Korean War prisoners of war international humanitarian law 1949 Geneva Conventions http://wih.sagepub.com/content/23/4/439.full.pdf+html doi:10.1177/0968344515575806 doi:10.1177/0968344515575806
spellingShingle Korean War
prisoners of war
international humanitarian law
1949 Geneva Conventions
Wylie, Neville
Crossland, James
The Korean War and the post-war prisoners of war (POW) regime, 1945-1956
title The Korean War and the post-war prisoners of war (POW) regime, 1945-1956
title_full The Korean War and the post-war prisoners of war (POW) regime, 1945-1956
title_fullStr The Korean War and the post-war prisoners of war (POW) regime, 1945-1956
title_full_unstemmed The Korean War and the post-war prisoners of war (POW) regime, 1945-1956
title_short The Korean War and the post-war prisoners of war (POW) regime, 1945-1956
title_sort korean war and the post-war prisoners of war (pow) regime, 1945-1956
topic Korean War
prisoners of war
international humanitarian law
1949 Geneva Conventions
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