The Fourth Geneva Convention   
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   Article 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   
   judgment 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.   
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