The Structure of the Third Geneva Convention System of POW Labour Law and Collective Representation and the Challenges Presented by Modern Armed Conflicts

This paper depicts the "rule of law" and legal order in the organization of labour in a Prisoner of war camp set up pursuant to the 1949 Third Geneva Convention regime. The paper shows that direct comparison is possible and that there is a correlation between the organization of labour law in peacetime and the rights and privileges provided to prisoners of war. The prisoner of war camp does not descend into a vacuum of anarchy. There is a complete legal structure to supplant the ordinary peacetime rules. The "rule of law" concept runs on a continuum throughout both peace and war.