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• date of birth.In accordance with this requirement, DoD practice has been to issue all members of theU.S. armed forces identification cards that indicate their status under the Geneva Conventions. 94An individual’s loss of the identification card issued by a State Party is not a basis fordenial of POW status. 959.5 HUMANE TREATMENT AND BASIC PROTECTIONS FOR POWSPOWs must at all times be humanely treated. 96 POWs are entitled in all circumstances torespect for their persons and their honor. 97 Likewise, POWs must at all times be protected,particularly against acts of violence or intimidation and against insults and public curiosity. 98Any unlawful act or omission by the Detaining Power causing death or seriouslyendangering the health of a POW in its custody is prohibited, and will be regarded as a seriousbreach of the GPW. 999.5.1 Respect for Their Persons and Honor. POWs are entitled in all circumstances torespect for their persons and their honor. 100 For example, the rape or other indecent assault ofPOWs is forbidden. 1019.5.2 Protection Against Acts of Violence or Intimidation. POWs must at all times beprotected, particularly against acts of violence or intimidation. 102 For example, the murder ofPOWs is forbidden. 10394 For example, DOD INSTRUCTION 1000.01, Identification (ID) Cards Required by the Geneva Conventions (Apr.16, 2012); DOD INSTRUCTION 1000.1, Identity Cards Required by the Geneva Convention (Jan. 30, 1974).95 Refer to § 4.27.1 (Identification Cards Used to Help Clarify Status).96 GPW art. 13 (“Prisoners of war must at all times be humanely treated.”); HAGUE IV REG. art. 4 (“[Prisoners ofwar] must be humanely treated.”).97 GPW art. 14 (“Prisoners of war are entitled in all circumstances to respect for their persons and their honour.”).98 GPW art. 13 (“Likewise, prisoners of war must at all times be protected, particularly against acts of violence orintimidation and against insults and public curiosity.”).99 GPW art. 13 (“Any unlawful act or omission by the Detaining Power causing death or seriously endangering thehealth of a prisoner of war in its custody is prohibited, and will be regarded as a serious breach of the presentConvention.”).100 GPW art. 14 (“Prisoners of war are entitled in all circumstances to respect for their persons and their honour.”).101 Compare § 8.2.2.1 (Protection Against Rape, Enforced Prostitution, and Other Indecent Assault); § 10.5.1.2(Protection for Women Against Rape or Other Indecent Assault).102 GPW art. 13 (“Likewise, prisoners of war must at all times be protected, particularly against acts of violence orintimidation and against insults and public curiosity.”).103 For example, Trial of the Rear-Admiral Nisuke Masuda and Four Others of the Imperial Japanese Navy (TheJaluit Atoll Case), I U.N. LAW REPORTS 71, 72 (U.S. Military Commission, U.S. Naval Air Base, Kwajalein Island,Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, Dec. 7-13, 1945) (“The charge against the five accused, as approved by theConvening Authority, was one of murder. The specification stated that they ‘did, on or about 10th March, 1944, on524

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