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45. Duration of application of convention.

The provisions of the Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War¹ apply from the outset of any conflict² or occupation³. In the territory of parties to the conflict their application ceases on the general close of military operations, and in the case of occupied territory they cease to apply one year after the general close of military operations, apart from some provisions

(2) The Geneva Conventions Of 1949 And Their Additional Protocols

18. The Geneva Red Cross Conventions 1949.

19. Application of the conventions and Protocols.

20. Conflicts not of an international character.

21. Grave breaches of the conventions and Protocol I.

22. Conventions relating to the wounded, sick and shipwrecked.

23. Protected persons.

24. General protection of sick, wounded and shipwrecked.

25. Variation of rights.

26. Information as to the wounded, sick or shipwrecked.

27. The protecting power.

28. Medical units and transports.

29. The distinctive emblems.

30. Protected persons.

31. General protection.

32. Variation of rights.

33. Information as to prisoners of war.

34. The protecting power.

35. International Committee of the Red Cross.

36. The detaining power.

37. Captivity.

38. Complaints and discipline.

39. English law relating to trial.

40. Repatriation and release of prisoners of war.

41. Death of prisoners of war.

42. Protected persons.

43. Persons not entitled to benefit.

44. Information as to civilians.

45. Duration of application of convention.

46. The protecting powers.

47. Red Cross and relief organisations.

48. General protection of populations against certain consequences of war.

49. Protection of the civilian population against the effects of hostilities.

50. Civil defence.

51. Protected persons' rights in general.

52. Aliens in the territory of a party to the conflict.

53. Variation of rights.

54. Persons in occupied territories.

55. Public and private property.

56. Judges and public officials.

57. Penal laws.

58. Trial and punishment of offenders.

59. Treatment of internees.