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9.18.6.3 Periodic Notification of the Amount of the Accounts of POWs. Theparties to the conflict concerned may agree to notify to each other at specific intervals, throughthe Protecting Power, the amount of the accounts of the POWs. 3639.18.6.4 Statements of Credit Balance on Termination of Captivity. On thetermination of captivity, through the release of a POW or the POW’s repatriation, the DetainingPower shall give him or her a statement, signed by an authorized officer of that Power, showingthe credit balance then due to the POW. 364The Detaining Power shall also send through the Protecting Power to the governmentupon which the POWs depend lists giving all appropriate particulars of all POWs whosecaptivity has been terminated by repatriation, release, escape, death, or any other means, andshowing the amount of their credit balances. 365 Such lists shall be certified on each sheet by anauthorized representative of the Detaining Power. 366These rules may be varied by mutual agreement between any two parties to theconflict. 3679.18.6.5 Responsibility for Credit Balance Due From the Detaining Power on theTermination of Captivity. The Power on which the POWs depend shall be responsible forsettling with each POW any credit balance due to him or her from the Detaining Power on thetermination of the POW’s captivity. 3689.18.7 Claims by POWs in Respect of Personal Loss. Any claim by a POW forcompensation in respect of personal effects, monies, or valuables impounded by the DetainingPower under Article 18 of the GPW and not forthcoming on his or her repatriation, or in respectof loss alleged to be due to the fault of the Detaining Power or any of its servants, shall likewisebe referred to the Power on which the POW depends. 369 Nevertheless, any such personal effects363 GPW art. 65 (“The Parties to the conflict concerned may agree to notify to each other at specific intervalsthrough the Protecting Power, the amount of the accounts of the prisoners of war.”).364 GPW art. 66 (“On the termination of captivity, through the release of a prisoner of war or his repatriation, theDetaining Power shall give him a statement, signed by an authorized officer of that Power, showing the creditbalance then due to him.”).365 GPW art. 66 (“The Detaining Power shall also send through the Protecting Power to the government upon whichthe prisoner of war depends, lists giving all appropriate particulars of all prisoners of war whose captivity has beenterminated by repatriation, release, escape, death or any other means, and showing the amount of their creditbalances.”).366 GPW art. 66 (“Such lists shall be certified on each sheet by an authorized representative of the DetainingPower.”).367 GPW art. 66 (“Any of the above provisions of this Article may be varied by mutual agreement between any twoParties to the conflict.”).368 GPW art. 66 (“The Power on which the prisoner of war depends shall be responsible for settling with him anycredit balance due to him from the Detaining Power on the termination of his captivity.”).369 GPW art. 68 (“Any claim by a prisoner of war for compensation in respect of personal effects, monies orvaluables impounded by the Detaining Power under Article 18 and not forthcoming on his repatriation, or in respectof loss alleged to be due to the fault of the Detaining Power or any of its servants, shall likewise be referred to thePower on which he depends.”).561

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