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internees depended, through the National Protected Person Information Bureau. 621 Such listsshall include all particulars necessary for the identification of the deceased internees, as well asthe exact location of their graves. 62210.34.5 Inquiries Into Death or Serious Injury of Internees in Certain Cases. Every deathor serious injury of an internee, caused or suspected to have been caused by a sentry, anotherinternee, or any other person, as well as any death the cause of which is unknown, shall beimmediately followed by an official inquiry by the Detaining Power. 623 A communication onthis subject shall be sent immediately to the Protecting Power. 624Serious injury, in many cases, may be understood to mean a wound that requires inpatienttreatment at a hospital or infirmary. 625The evidence of any witnesses shall be taken, and a report including such evidence shallbe prepared and forwarded to the Protecting Power. 626If the inquiry indicates the guilt of one or more persons, the Detaining Power shall takeall necessary steps to ensure the prosecution of the person or persons responsible. 627 Forexample, depending on the circumstances, prosecutions could take place in the civil or militarycourts of the Detaining Power or in accordance with the laws in force in the territory where theyhappen to be interned. 628621 GC art. 130 (“As soon as circumstances permit, and not later than the close of hostilities, the Detaining Powershall forward lists of graves of deceased internees to the Powers on whom the deceased internees depended, throughthe Information Bureaux provided for in Article 136.”).622 GC art. 130 (“Such lists shall include all particulars necessary for the identification of the deceased internees, aswell as the exact location of their graves.”).623 GC art. 131 (“Every death or serious injury of an internee, caused or suspected to have been caused by a sentry,another internee or any other person, as well as any death the cause of which is unknown, shall be immediatelyfollowed by an official enquiry by the Detaining Power.”).624 GC art. 131 (“A communication on this subject shall be sent immediately to the Protecting Power.”).625 GC COMMENTARY 509 (“What is meant by ‘serious injury’? During the discussion of the corresponding textconcerning prisoners of war, one delegation suggested that it should be made clear that what was referred to was awound as a result of which a prisoner required in-patient treatment in a hospital or an infirmary. This definition wasconsidered too rigid and was therefore not inserted in the Convention, but it could usefully be adopted in mostcases.”). Compare § 9.34.5 (Inquiries Into Death or Serious Injury of POWs in Certain Cases).626 GC art. 131 (“The evidence of any witnesses shall be taken, and a report including such evidence shall beprepared and forwarded to the said Protecting Power.”).627 GC art. 131 (“If the enquiry indicates the guilt of one or more persons, the Detaining Power shall take allnecessary steps to ensure the prosecution of the person or persons responsible.”).628 GC COMMENTARY 510 (“If the enquiry leads to responsibility being laid at the door of one or more persons,whoever they may be, they must be prosecuted before a court of law. If they are nationals of the Detaining Power,that Power will not be able to exempt them from prosecution before its own civil or military courts. In the case ofinternees, they will be prosecuted in accordance with the laws in force in the teritory [sic] where they happen to be(Article 117, paragraph 1).”).731