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ARTICLE-93     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Escape or attempt to escape, even if it is a repeated offence, shall not be deemed an aggravating circumstance if the prisoner of war is subjected to trial by judicial proceedings in respect of an offence committed during his escape or attempt to escape. ...


ARTICLE-98: III. Judicial proceedings     [go to this ARTICLE]
... III. Judicial proceedings ...


ARTICLE-104     [go to this ARTICLE]
... In any case in which the Detaining Power has decided to institute judicial proceedings against a prisoner of war, it shall notify the Protecting Power as soon as possible and at least three weeks before the opening of the trial. This period of three weeks shall run as from the day on which such notification reaches the Protecting Power at the address previously indicated by the latter to the Detaining Power. ...