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Geneva Convention (IV): Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons, Part III, Section 4, Chapter VIII
Chapter VIII RELATIONS WITH THE EXTERIOR Article 105 Immediately upon interning protected persons, the Detaining Power shall inform them, the Power to which they owe allegiance…Geneva Convention (IV): Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons, Part III, Section 4, Chapter IX
Chapter IX Penal and Disciplinary Sanctions Article 117 Subject to the provisions of the present Chapter, the laws in force in the territory in which they are detained will…Geneva Convention (IV): Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons, Part III, Section 4, Chapter XI
Chapter XI Deaths Article 129 The wills of internees shall be received for safe-keeping by the responsible authorities; and in the event of the death of an internee his will…Geneva Convention (IV): Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons, Part III, Section 4, Chapter XII
Chapter XII Release, Repatriation and Accommodation in Neutral Countries Article 132 Each interned person shall be released by the Detaining Power as soon as the reasons which…Long Island, battle of
(Encyclopedia) Long Island, battle of, Aug. 27, 1776, American defeat in the American Revolution. To protect New York City and the lower Hudson valley from the British forces massed on Staten Island…Chen Yi
(Encyclopedia) Chen YiChen Yichŭn yē [key], 1901–72, Chinese Communist general and statesman. Chen was a political instructor (1925) in the Kuomintang Whampoa Military Academy. After the Kuomintang-…Allen, Ira
(Encyclopedia) Allen, Ira, 1751–1814, political leader in early Vermont, b. Cornwall, Conn. He was the younger brother and the assistant of Ethan Allen. Although he was a member of the Green Mountain…Nozick, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Nozick, Robert, 1938–2002, American political philosopher, b. Brooklyn, N.Y.; grad. Columbia Univ. (B.A., 1959), Princeton (M.A., 1961; Ph.D., 1963). After teaching at Princeton and…Sonderbund
(Encyclopedia) SonderbundSonderbundzônˈdərb&oobreve;nt [key] [Ger.,=separate league], 1845–47, defensive league of seven Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland; it was formed to protect Catholic…gastric juice
(Encyclopedia) gastric juice, thin, strongly acidic (pH varying from 1 to 3), almost colorless liquid secreted by the glands in the lining of the stomach. Its essential constituents are the digestive…Trending
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