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  Geneva Conventions, each party to the conflict shall be bound to apply, as a minimum, to six provisions of
  Common Article 3. (See figure 13-1 for a list of these provisions.)
  (1) Persons taking no active part in the hostilities, to include members of armed forces
  who have laid down their arms and those placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds,
  detention, or any other cause, shall in all circumstances be treated humanely, without any
  adverse distinction founded on race, color, religion or faith, sex, birth or wealth, or any other
  similar criteria.
  (2) To this end, the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any
  place whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons:
  (a) Violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment
  and torture;
  (b) Taking of hostages;
  (c) Outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment;
  (d) The passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous
  judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court, affording all the judicial guarantees
  which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples.
  (3) The wounded and sick shall be collected and cared for.
  (4) An impartial humanitarian body, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross,
  may offer its services to the Parties to the conflict.
  (5) The Parties to the conflict should further endeavor to bring into force, by means of
  special agreements, all or part of the other provisions of the present Convention.
  (6) The application of the preceding provisions shall not affect the legal status of the
  Parties to the conflict.
  Figure 13-1. Provisions binding high contracting parties
  APPLICATION OF CRIMINAL LAWS OF A HOST NATION
  13-37. There is no concept of prisoner-of-war status in non-international armed conflict, as reflected in
  Common Article 3. Insurgents may be prosecuted by a host nation as criminals for offenses related to
  participation in hostilities, such as bearing arms against government forces. Similarly, U.S. forces captured
  by insurgents are not prisoners of war, but must be treated in accordance with Common Article 3. U.S.
  forces conducting counterinsurgency operations should remember that the insurgents are, as a legal matter,
  criminal suspects within the legal system of a host nation. To support criminal prosecution of insurgents,
  counterinsurgents must develop and implement procedures to carefully preserve weapons, witness
  statements, photographs, and other evidence collected at a scene. This evidence is used to process the
  insurgents into a host-nation legal system and hold them accountable for their crimes, thus promoting the
  rule of law.
  13-38. U.S. personnel may be subject to host-nation law, depending on the terms of any existing status of
  forces agreement between a host nation and the U.S. Status of forces agreements establish the legal status
  of military personnel in foreign countries and generally provide the U.S. military some level of protection
  from host-nation criminal jurisdiction. In the absence of an agreement or some other arrangement with the
  host nation, DOD personnel in foreign countries may be subject to the criminal law of that host nation.
  DETENTION AND INTERROGATION
  13-39. Human intelligence is essential in counterinsurgency operations. Acquiring human intelligence
  requires interrogation. The need for intelligence within a counterinsurgency, especially in conjunction with
  a third country or host-nation capture and detention scenario, can create great pressure to obtain
  time-sensitive information from detained individuals and suspected insurgents. Soldiers and Marines
  adhere to only approved detainee handling methods and interrogation techniques. In addition to complying
  with the law of war, U.S. forces must comply with domestic legal authorities such as the Detainee