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• the name and address of the person designated by the protected person to be informed ofinformation concerning him or her. 545In addition to this information, information regarding all changes pertaining to theseprotected persons, such as transfers, releases, repatriations, escapes, admittances to hospitals,births, and deaths, shall also be collected and transmitted. 546In addition to admittances to hospitals, information regarding the state of health ofinternees who are seriously ill or seriously wounded must be supplied to the National ProtectedPerson Information Bureau regularly and, if possible, every week. 547In addition to notices of death, copies of records of death of internees shall be forwardedin accordance with Article 129 of the GC. 548 Lists of graves of deceased internees shall beforwarded, as soon as circumstances permit, in accordance with Article 130 of the GC. 54910.31.2 National Protected Person Information Bureau. Upon the outbreak of aninternational armed conflict and in all cases of occupation of the territory of one State by anotherState, each of the parties to the conflict shall establish an official National Protected PersonInformation Bureau responsible for receiving and transmitting information in respect of theprotected persons who are in its power. 550 The State has discretion about the nature,composition, and working methods of the National Protected Person Information Bureau. 551545 GC art. 138 (“The information in respect of each person shall include at least his surname, first names, place anddate of birth, nationality, last residence and distinguishing characteristics, the first name of the father and the maidenname of the mother, the date, place and nature of the action taken with regard to the individual, the address at whichcorrespondence may be sent to him and the name and address of the person to be informed.”).546 GC art. 136 (“It shall, furthermore, require its various departments concerned with such matters to provide theaforesaid Bureau promptly with information concerning all changes pertaining to these protected persons, as, forexample, transfers, releases, repatriations, escapes, admittances to hospitals, births and deaths.”).547 GC art. 138 (“Likewise, information regarding the state of health of internees who are seriously ill or seriouslywounded shall be supplied regularly and if possible every week.”).548 Refer to § 10.34.2 (Death Certificates).549 Refer to § 10.34.4 (Maintenance and Records of Graves and Ashes).550 GC art. 136 (“Upon the outbreak of a confict and in all cases of occupation, each of the Parties to the conflictshall establish an official Information Bureau responsible for receiving and transmitting information in respect of theprotected persons who are in its power.”).551 GC COMMENTARY 523 (“[Paragraph 1 of Article 136 of the GC] does not state in detail the nature, compositionand working methods of the Bureau, all these matters being left to the free decision of each Party, nor does it statewhat authority will be responsible for establishing and conducting the Bureau. … During the Second World War,the Bureaux which had the task of transmitting information concerning civilian internees to the Central Agency werevaried in nature and origin. In some cases, they were the same as the Bureaux responsible for prisoners of war; inothers, they were established by the National Red Cross Society; most often, however, they depended directly ongovernment authorities, such as the Ministry of the Interior or the Ministry of Security.”).721