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9.8.1 Humane Treatment During Interrogation. Interrogation must be carried out in amanner consistent with the requirements for humane treatment, including the prohibition againstacts of violence or intimidation, and insults. 153No physical or mental torture, nor any other form of coercion, may be inflicted on POWsto secure from them information of any kind whatever. 154 POWs who refuse to answer may notbe threatened, insulted, or exposed to unpleasant or disadvantageous treatment of any kind. 155Prohibited means include imposing inhumane conditions, 156 denial of medical treatment, or theuse of mind-altering chemicals. 1579.8.2 Language of Interrogation. The questioning of POWs shall be carried out in alanguage that they understand. 1589.8.3 Additional U.S. Law and Policy on Interrogation. U.S. law and policy imposeadditional requirements on the interrogation of POWs. 1599.8.4 Accountability Information That POWs Are Bound to Provide Upon Questioning.Every POW, when questioned on the subject, is bound to give only his or her surname, firstnames and rank, date of birth, and army, regimental, personal or serial number, or, failing this,equivalent information. 160 If POWs willfully infringe this rule, they may render themselvesliable to a restriction of the privileges accorded to their rank or status. 161 However, POWs who153 Refer to § 9.5 (Humane Treatment and Basic Protections for POWs).154 GPW art. 17 (“No physical or mental torture, nor any other form of coercion, may be inflicted on prisoners ofwar to secure from them information of any kind whatever.”).155 GPW art. 17 (“Prisoners of war who refuse to answer may not be threatened, insulted, or exposed to unpleasantor disadvantageous treatment of any kind.”).156 Trial of Erich Killinger and Four Others (The Dulag Luft Case), III U.N. Law REPORTS 67 (British MilitaryCourt, Wuppertal, Nov. 26-Dec. 3, 1945) (“The function of Dulag Luft was, shortly, to obtain information of anoperational and vital nature from the captured crews of Allied machines. The allegation was that excessive heatingof the prisoners cells took place at Dulag Luft between the dates laid in the charge for the deliberate purpose ofobtaining from prisoners of war information of a kind which under the Geneva Convention they were not bound togive, and that the accused were concerned in that ill-treatment. The Prosecution also alleged a ‘lack of and refusalof required medical attention’ and ‘in some cases, blows.’ ... Killinger, Junge and Eberhardt were found guilty andsentenced to imprisonment for five, five and three years respectively. The remaining two accused were found notguilty.”).157 U.S. Army, Office of The Judge Advocate General, JAGW 1961/1157, Memo re: Use of “Truth Serum” inQuestioning Prisoners of War, Jun. 21, 1961, LEVIE, DOCUMENTS ON POWS 708, 709 (“3. In view of the foregoing,it is the opinion of this division that the suggested use of a chemical ‘truth serum’ during the questioning ofprisoners of war would be in violation of the obligations of the United States under the Geneva Convention Relativeto the Treatment of Prisoners of War.”).158 GPW art. 17 (“The questioning of prisoners of war shall be carried out in a language which they understand.”).159 Refer to, e.g., § 8.4.2 (Additional U.S. Law and Policy on Interrogation).160 GPW art. 17 (“Every prisoner of war, when questioned on the subject, is bound to give only his surname, firstnames and rank, date of birth, and army, regimental, personal or serial number, or failing this, equivalentinformation.”).161 GPW art. 17 (“If he wilfully infringes this rule, he may render himself liable to a restriction of the privilegesaccorded to his rank or status.”).533