Geneva Conventions Act 1957 (c. 52)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Scheds. 5, 6, inserted (20.7.1998) by 1995 c. 27, ss. 6, 7(2); S.I. 1998/1505, art. 2

SCHEDULES

FOURTH SCHEDULE U.K. GENEVA CONVENTION RELATIVE TO THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIAN PERSONS IN TIME OF WAR

PART III.—STATUS AND TREATMENT OF PROTECTED PERSONS U.K.

Section II.—Aliens in the Territory of a Party to the Conflict U.K.

ARTICLE 38 U.K.

With the exception of special measures authorised by the present Convention, in particular by Articles 27 and 41 thereof, the situation of protected persons shall continue to be regulated, in principle, by the provisions concerning aliens in time of peace. In any case, the following rights shall be granted to them:

(1) they shall be enabled to receive the individual or collective relief that may be sent to them;

(2) they shall, if their state of health so requires, receive medical attention and hospital treatment to the same extent as the nationals of the State concerned;

(3) they shall be allowed to practise their religion and to receive spiritual assistance from ministers of their faith;

(4) if they reside in an area particularly exposed to the dangers of war, they shall be authorised to move from that area to the same extent as the nationals of the State concerned;

(5) children under fifteen years, pregnant women and mothers of children under seven years shall benefit from any preferential treatment to the same extent as the nationals of the State concerned.