POW's Rights
As a POW you were only supposed to give your name and rank. Never was he to give out his military unit, or family and place of living. You were entitled to getting medical care and food on a regular basis. If you were to escape and be recaptured you were not to be punished but to pay. Also neutral powers like Switzerland, Sweden, and the Red Cross could openly inspect these POW camps to make sure they are run like they are supposed too. Even though there were guidelines put in place, Germany did not treat every POW right.
Convention III, signed in 1949, states that after WWII that all POW's were to be treated right and not to be treated Un-Humane like. This includes brutal torture, overworking, unfair treatment, and not the proper medical care.
Protocol 1:
This protocol says that four nations signed to restrict "protected persons." Which helps the other side out so the POW's may build dams or bridges. It really only means POWs are not protected from manual work by the Geneva Convention.
Protocol 2:
Protocol 2 is what they used to get the Nazi war criminals. So what it means here is if you do something against humanity in spite. After the war you will be arrested and tried and later punished or killed for your crimes against humanity. That is only after you side looses or you are captured and they have evidence that it was you how commented the crime.
In 1929 the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War was signed by 47 governments. Chief among the nations that did not adhere to the Geneva Convention of 1929 were Japan and the USSR. Japan, however, gave a qualified promise (1942) to abide by the Geneva rules, and the USSR announced (1941) that it would observe the terms of the Hague Convention of 1907, which did not provide (as does the Geneva Convention) for neutral inspection of prison camps, for the exchange of prisoners' names, and for correspondence with prisoners.
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/society/prisoner-war-the-1929-geneva-convention.html
Convention III, signed in 1949, states that after WWII that all POW's were to be treated right and not to be treated Un-Humane like. This includes brutal torture, overworking, unfair treatment, and not the proper medical care.
Protocol 1:
This protocol says that four nations signed to restrict "protected persons." Which helps the other side out so the POW's may build dams or bridges. It really only means POWs are not protected from manual work by the Geneva Convention.
Protocol 2:
Protocol 2 is what they used to get the Nazi war criminals. So what it means here is if you do something against humanity in spite. After the war you will be arrested and tried and later punished or killed for your crimes against humanity. That is only after you side looses or you are captured and they have evidence that it was you how commented the crime.
In 1929 the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War was signed by 47 governments. Chief among the nations that did not adhere to the Geneva Convention of 1929 were Japan and the USSR. Japan, however, gave a qualified promise (1942) to abide by the Geneva rules, and the USSR announced (1941) that it would observe the terms of the Hague Convention of 1907, which did not provide (as does the Geneva Convention) for neutral inspection of prison camps, for the exchange of prisoners' names, and for correspondence with prisoners.
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/society/prisoner-war-the-1929-geneva-convention.html