GENEVA CONVENTIONS: ARTICLE 3

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GENEVA CONVENTIONS OF 1949
 
ARTICLE 3, COMMON TO ALL 4 OF THE CONVENTIONS, 
 
(THIS ARTICLE DEALS WITH INTERNAL ARMED CONFLICT)
 
 
Art. 3. In the case of armed conflict not of an international
character occurring in the territory of one of the High
Contracting Parties, each Party to the conflict shall be bound
to apply, as a minimum, the following provisions:
(1) Persons taking no active part in the hostilities,
including members of armed forces who have laid down their
arms and those placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds,
detention, or any other cause, shall in all circumstances be
treated humanely, without any adverse distinction founded on
race, colour, religion or faith, sex, birth or wealth, or any
other similar criteria. To this end, the following acts are
and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place
whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons:
(a) violence to life and person, in particular murder of all
kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture;
(b) taking of hostages;
(c) outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating
and degrading treatment;
(d) the passing of sentences and the carrying out of
executions without previous judgement pronounced by a
regularly constituted court, affording all the judicial
guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized
peoples.
(2) The wounded and sick shall be collected and cared for.
An impartial humanitarian body, such as the International
Committee of the Red Cross, may offer its services to the
Parties to the conflict.
 
The Parties to the conflict should further endeavour to bring
into force, by means of special agreements, all or part of the
other provisions of the present Convention.
 
The application of the preceding provisions shall not affect
the legal status of the Parties to the conflict.
 
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BURMA ACCEDED TO THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS ON 24 AUGUST 1992