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and, later on, to procure further supplies, if required. 223 Should any internees not have sufficientclothing, account being taken of the climate, and be unable to procure any, it shall be providedfree of charge to them by the Detaining Power. 22410.13.4.1 No Humiliating Clothing. The clothing supplied by the DetainingPower to internees and the outward markings placed on their own clothes shall not beignominious nor expose them to ridicule. 225 For example, clothing provided to them should notresemble convicts’ uniforms or be intended to humiliate them. 22610.13.4.2 Clothing for Work. Workers shall receive suitable working outfits,including protective clothing, whenever the nature of their work so requires. 22710.14 MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR INTERNEESParties to the conflict who intern protected persons shall be bound to grant them themedical attention required by their state of health. 22810.14.1 Access to Medical Attention.10.14.1.1 Camp Infirmary. Every place of internment shall have an adequateinfirmary, under the direction of a qualified doctor, where internees may have the attention theyrequire, as well as an appropriate diet. 229 Isolation wards shall be set aside for cases ofcontagious or mental diseases. 230223 GC art. 90 (“When taken into custody, internees shall be given all facilities to provide themselves with thenecessary clothing, footwear and change of underwear, and later on, to procure further supplies if required.”).224 GC art. 90 (“Should any internees not have sufficient clothing, account being taken of the climate, and be unableto procure any, it shall be provided free of charge to them by the Detaining Power.”).225 GC art. 90 (“The clothing supplied by the Detaining Power to internees and the outward markings placed on theirown clothes shall not be ignominious nor expose them to ridicule.”).226 See GC COMMENTARY 397 (“These provisos are connected with Articie 27 of the Convention stating thatprotected persons are entitled, in all circumstances, to respect for their persons and their honour. It is essential toprevent internees from being forced to wear convicts’ uniforms or other uniforms of a similar nature, as was the casein certain concentration camps of hateful memory. The plenipotentiaries were unanimous in 1949 in disapprovingof such practices and although paragraph 1 had already, as it were, implied that disapproval, they felt that theyshould reaffirm it explicitly at this point. It must, indeed, always be remembered that internment is not apunishment and cannot in any way besmirch anyone's honour.”).227 GC art. 90 (“Workers shall receive suitable working outfits, including protective clothing, whenever the nature oftheir work so requires.”).228 GC art. 81 (“Parties to the conflict who intern protected persons shall be bound to provide free of charge for theirmaintenance, and to grant them also the medical attention required by their state of health.”).229 GC art. 91 (“Every place of internment shall have an adequate infirmary, under the direction of a qualifieddoctor, where internees may have the attention they require, as well as an appropriate diet.”).230 GC art. 91 (“Isolation wards shall be set aside for cases of contagious or mental diseases.”).678

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