Prisoner of War - A controversial status

Master's Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict, Security, grade: 2,4, Stellenbosch Universitiy, language: English, abstract: The status, Prisoner of War reveals many issues. This paper examines the meaning of the term Prisoner of War (POW) and discusses the topic with a focus on the US State practice. In particular the treatment of the prisoners, who have ...