PRISONERS OF WAR: CLASSIFICATION AND LEGAL PROTECTION UNDER INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW
UUM Journal of Legal Studies, 2023 The International humanitarian law, through a set of international conventions, protects prisoners of war from any violation or infringement of human rights during their captivity. The status of prisoners of war is only applicable in international armed
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Prisoners of war - host adaptation and its constraints on virus evolution. [PDF]
Nat Rev Microbiol, 2019 Recent discoveries of contemporary genotypes of hepatitis B virus and parvovirus B19 in ancient human remains demonstrate that little genetic change has occurred in these viruses over 4,500–6,000 years.
Simmonds P, Aiewsakun P, Katzourakis A.
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Malaria-Associated Mortality in Australian and British Prisoners of War on the Thai-Burma Railway 1943-1944. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2019 During the building of the Thai-Burma railway in 1943 Australian and British prisoners of war died at high rates from tropical infections and nutritional deficiencies.
Shanks GD.
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Traumatization, Loneliness, and Suicidal Ideation among Former Prisoners of War: A Longitudinally Assessed Sequential Mediation Model. [PDF]
Front Psychiatry, 2017 Although highly researched among veterans, the underlying mechanisms of suicidal ideation (SI) among former prisoners of war (ex-POWs), especially in the long-term, have rarely been investigated.
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What doesn't kill you makes you feel older: lifespan adversity and its association with subjective age among former prisoners of war. [PDF]
Eur J Psychotraumatol, 2019 Background: Subjective age (SA) is an indicator of aging that has been empirically associated with health impediments and hindered longevity. Studies show that adverse life events may result in relatively older SA, but have not addressed the differential
Bachem R, Stein JY, Levin Y, Solomon Z.
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BMJ, 2006 The 50th anniversary of VE day threw up a crop of veterans, all suffering the effects of lifelong smoking. Two were unworried about the prospect of surgery. They had had a good war and were enjoying half a century of borrowed time. One, captured in north Africa, had been paraded before …
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Parasitic diseases as the cause of death of prisoners of war during the Korean War (1950-1953). [PDF]
Korean J Parasitol, 2014 To determine the cause of death of prisoners of war during the Korean War (1950-1953), death certificates or medical records were analyzed. Out of 7,614 deaths, 5,013 (65.8%) were due to infectious diseases.
Huh S.
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The Role of Emotional Intelligence in the Rehabilitation of the Former Prisoners of War
International Journal of Statistics in Medical Research, 2023 The emotional state of military personnel engaged in the extensive operations taking place in Ukraine is undoubtedly impacted. This especially applies to former prisoners of war (POWs) who have experienced mental and physical trauma.
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Soviet POWs in Wehrmacht Camps: Between Extermination, Forced Labour and Collaboration
Review (Institute of National Remembrance), 2023 This article reviews the current findings regarding the issue of Soviet prisoners of war held by the Wehrmacht. The author focuses on three main aspects of the Red Army soldiers’ captivity: extermination, mass labour and collaboration.
Renata Kobylarz-Buła
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Should unlawful combatants be considered as prisoners of war when captured?
Journal of Law and Legal Reform, 2023 Upon being captured or held captive, an enemy combatant is subjected to ‘POW’ status and hence enjoys certain rights and protections based on the Geneva Conventions.
M. A. Hasan, Mohammad Inzamul Haque
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