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agreements or in subsequent agreements, or where more favorable measures have been takenwith regard to them by one or other of the parties to the conflict. 1510.1.2 DoD Policies and Regulations for the Treatment of Internees. DoD policies andregulations regarding the treatment of internees provide authoritative guidance for DoDpersonnel and fill an important role in implementing the complex requirements of the GC. 16Practitioners are advised to consult all applicable policies and regulations, as these, in manycases, exceed the requirements of the GC, U.S. statutes, and Executive Orders.10.2 NATIONAL-LEVEL GC IMPLEMENTATION MEASURESThe GC requires a number of measures at the national level to facilitate protection forprotected persons.10.2.1 Appointment or Establishment of Entities. The GC provides for certain bodies orentities to be appointed or established.10.2.1.1 Appointment of a Protecting Power. The GC contemplates that aProtecting Power has been appointed to assist in the implementation of the GC. 17 A ProtectingPower has a variety of roles under the GC related to the protection of protected persons. 1810.2.1.2 Establishment of a National Protected Person Information Bureau. ANational Protected Person Information Bureau shall be established by each of the parties to theconflict. 1910.2.1.3 Establishment of a Central Information Agency for Protected Persons. ACentral Information Agency for protected persons shall be established in a neutral country. 2010.2.2 Notification of Certain Laws or Policies Between Belligerents. Parties to aconflict must notify opposing belligerents or the Protecting Power of certain matters relating toprotected persons.10.2.2.1 Location and Marking of Places of Internment Camps. The DetainingPower shall provide the Powers concerned useful information regarding the geographic locationof places of internment, and agreements on their markings may be reached. 2115 GC art. 7 (“Protected persons shall continue to have the benefit of such agreements as long as the Convention isapplicable to them, except where express provisions to the contrary are contained in the aforesaid or in subsequentagreements, or where more favourable measures have been taken with regard to them by one or other of the Partiesto the conflict.”).16 Refer to § 18.7 (Instructions, Regulations, and Procedures to Implement and Enforce the Law of War).17 Refer to § 18.15.1.1 (Protecting Power Under the 1949 Geneva Conventions).18 Refer to § 10.32 (Role of the Protecting Power in the GC).19 Refer to § 10.31.2 (National Protected Person Information Bureau).20 Refer to § 10.31.3 (Central Information Agency for Protected Persons).647