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addresses non-international armed conflict. 160 It was the first provision in a multilateral law ofwar treaty that addressed humane treatment during non-international armed conflict to gainwidespread ratification by States. 161Although Common Article 3 only applies by its terms to non-international armedconflicts, Common Article 3 reflects a minimum yardstick of humane treatment protections thatapply more broadly, including during international armed conflict. 16219.16.1.4 POW Status and the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Article 4 of the GPWexplains which persons are entitled to receive POW status under the GPW. 163 This provision ismirrored in the GWS and GWS-Sea, as those conventions are intended to protect persons whoare entitled to POW status under the GPW. 164The GC excludes from its protection those persons who are entitled to POW status underthe GPW. 16519.16.1.5 Retained Personnel and the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Retainedpersonnel are addressed by both the GPW and the GWS. 16619.16.2 GWS. The GWS is often called the first Geneva Convention. 167 The GWSaddresses the following subjects on land: (1) the protection of the wounded, sick, and dead; (2)the rights, duties, and liabilities of military medical and religious personnel; and (3) theprotection of military medical units, facilities, and transports. 16819.16.2.1 Relationship Between the GWS and Earlier Conventions. The GWSreplaces the Conventions of August 22, 1864, July 6, 1906, and July 27, 1929, in relationsbetween the Parties to the GWS. 169160 GPW COMMENTARY 34 (“To borrow the phrase of one of the delegates, Article 3 is like a ‘Convention inminiature’. It applies to non-international conflicts only, and will be the only Article applicable to them until suchtime as a special agreement between the Parties has brought into force between them all or part of the otherprovisions of the Convention.”).161 Refer to § 17.2.1.1 (Treaties That Have Provisions That Explicitly Apply to NIAC).162 Refer to § 8.1.4.1 (Common Article 3 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions).163 Refer to § 9.3.2 (Persons Entitled to POW Status).164 Refer to § 7.3.2 (Persons Entitled to Protection as Wounded, Sick, or Shipwrecked Under the GWS and GWS-Sea).165 Refer to § 10.3.2.3 (Not Protected by the GWS, GWS-Sea, or the GPW).166 Refer to § 7.9.1.2 (Medical and Religious Personnel Who May Be Retained).167 Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Fieldof August 12, 1949, 75 UNTS 31.168 Refer to § 7.1.1 (Interpretation and Application of Provisions Relating to Medical Issues in the GWS, GWS-Sea,GPW, and GC).169 GWS art. 59 (“The present Convention replaces the Conventions of 22 August 1864, 6 July 1906, and 27 July1929, in relations between the High Contracting Parties.”).1155