Military Judges’ Benchbook For Trial of Prisoners of War
"Military Judges’ Benchbook for Trial of Enemy Prisoners of War
his is a new Department of the Army Pamphlet specifically tailored for trials
f enemy prisoners of war (EPWs) for either pre-capture offenses, which arise
nder the law of war, or post-capture offenses, which arise under the Uniform
ode of Military Justice. This Pamphlet incorporates the provisions of the
eneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of August 12,
949 (GC III), Chapter 3, Penal and Disciplinary Sanctions, into the substantive
nd procedural requirements found in DA Pam 27-9, Military Judges’ Benchbook (15
ep 2002 edition), and in the Manual for Courts-Martial (2002 edition). This
amphlet also includes decisions of international, military, and higher courts;
nd comments and opinions of individual legal specialists on international and
criminal law."