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10.20 ADMINISTRATION OF PLACES OF INTERNMENT AND DISCIPLINE10.20.1 Responsible Officer and Staff. Every place of internment shall be put under theauthority of a responsible officer, chosen from the regular military forces or the regular civiladministration of the Detaining Power. 313The officer in charge of the place of internment must have in his or her possession a copyof the GC in the official language, or one of the official languages, of his or her country and shallbe responsible for its application. 314 The staff in control of internees shall be instructed in theprovisions of the GC and of the administrative measures adopted to ensure its application. 31510.20.2 Posting of Convention and Camp Orders. The text of the GC and the texts ofspecial agreements concluded under the GC shall be posted inside the place of internment, in alanguage that the internees understand, or shall be in the possession of the InterneeCommittee. 316Regulations, orders, notices, and publications of every kind shall be communicated to theinternees and posted inside the places of internment, in a language that the interneesunderstand. 317Every order and command addressed to internees individually must likewise be given in alanguage that they understand. 31810.20.3 Humane Disciplinary Regime. The disciplinary regime in places of internmentshall be consistent with humanitarian principles, and shall in no circumstances includeregulations imposing on internees any physical exertion dangerous to their health or involvingphysical or moral victimization. 319313 GC art. 99 (“Every place of internment shall be put under the authority of a responsible officer, chosen from theregular military forces or the regular civil administration of the Detaining Power.”).314 GC art. 99 (“The officer in charge of the place of internment must have in his possession a copy of the presentConvention in the official language, or one of the official languages, of his country and shall be responsible for itsapplication.”).315 GC art. 99 (“The staff in control of internees shall be instructed in the provisions of the present Convention andof the administrative measures adopted to ensure its application.”).316 GC art. 99 (“The text of the present Convention and the texts of special agreements concluded under the saidConvention shall be posted inside the place of internment, in a language which the internees understand, or shall bein the possession of the Internee Committee.”).317 GC art. 99 (“Regulations, orders, notices and publications of every kind shall be communicated to the interneesand posted inside the places of internment, in a language which they understand.”).318 GC art. 99 (“Every order and command addressed to internees individually, must likewise be given in a languagewhich they understand.”).319 GC art. 100 (“The disciplinary regime in places of internment shall be consistent with humanitarian principles,and shall in no circumstances include regulations imposing on internees any physical exertion dangerous to theirhealth or involving physical or moral victimization.”).689

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