text: Chapter 3
  RIGHTS OF AN ACCUSED
  3-137. With respect to disciplinary proceedings, before any disciplinary punishment is announced, the
  accused must be given precise information regarding the offenses of which the POW is accused and an
  opportunity to explain the conduct and defend himself or herself. The accused must be allowed to call
  witnesses and, if necessary, be given the services of a qualified interpreter (GPW art. 96). A record of
  disciplinary punishments must be maintained by the camp commander and must be open to inspection by
  representatives of the protecting power (GPW art. 96).
  3-138. With respect to judicial proceedings, the detaining power must notify the POWs concerned, the
  prisoners’ representative, and the protecting power of any plan to initiate judicial proceedings against any
  POWs as soon as possible and at least three weeks before the opening of the trial. The notification must
  contain the following information (GPW art. 104):
  * Surname and first names of the POWs, their rank, their army, regimental, personal or serial
  numbers, their dates of birth, and their professions or trades, if any;
  * Place of internment or confinement;
  * Specification of the charge or charges on which the POWs are to be arraigned, giving the legal
  provisions applicable; and
  * Designation of the court that will try the cases and the dates and places fixed for the opening of
  the trials.
  3-139. At trial, accused POWs are (GPW art. 105):
  * Assistance by fellow POWs;
  * Defense by a qualified advocate or counsel of the POW’s own choice;
  * The right to call witnesses; and
  * If necessary, the assistance of a competent interpreter (GPW art. 105).
  SENTENCING AND EXECUTION OF PENALTIES
  3-140. Sentences may be passed on POWs only by the same courts, and in accordance with the same
  procedures, as for members of the armed forces of the detaining power (GPW art. 102). In addition, a sentence
  may only be passed on POWs if the court complies with the requirements laid out by the GPW. If any time
  was spent in pre-trial confinement, it must be deducted from any sentence of imprisonment and taken into
  account when adjudicating any other punishment (GPW art. 103).
  3-141. Judgments and sentences pronounced upon a POW must be immediately reported to the protecting
  power and the prisoners’ representative concerned in the form of a summary communication, which shall
  also indicate whether the POW has the right to appeal with a view to the quashing of the sentence or the
  reopening of the trial. The communication must also be sent to the POW in a language that the POW
  understands, if the sentence was not pronounced in the POW’s presence (GPW art. 107).
  PERMITTED DISCIPLINARY PUNISHMENTS
  3-142. The only disciplinary punishments that may be awarded are (GPW art. 89):
  * A fine not exceeding fifty percent of advances of pay and working pay for a period of thirty days.
  * Discontinuance of privileges granted over and above the treatment provided for by the GPW for
  not more than thirty days.
  * Fatigue duties, not exceeding two hours a day, for not more than thirty days. This punishment may
  not be given to officers.
  * Confinement for not more than thirty days.
  In no case shall disciplinary punishments be inhuman, brutal, or dangerous to the health of POWs.