text: Civilians
  breach of the GC provisions concerning employment of aliens in the home country (discussed in paragraph
  5-81) or employment of civilians in occupied territory (discussed in paragraphs 6-129 through 6-145), or
  would involve work of a degrading or humiliating character, is prohibited. After a working period of six
  weeks, internees are free to give up work at any moment, subject to eight days’ notice.
  5-115. These two paragraphs of Article 95 of the GC (as described above) do not affect the right of the
  detaining power to employ interned doctors, dentists, and other medical personnel in their professional
  capacity on behalf of their fellow internees, or to employ internees for administrative and maintenance work
  in places of internment, or to detail such persons for work in the kitchens or for other domestic tasks, or to
  require such persons to undertake duties connected with the protection of internees against aerial
  bombardment or other war risks. This although internees generally may not be compelled to work, there is
  an exception for tasks that benefit the internee community as a whole (see DOD Law of War Manual,
  10.17.2). No internee may, however, be required to perform tasks for which he or she is, in the opinion of a
  medical officer, physically unsuited (GC art. 95).
  5-116. The detaining power must take entire responsibility for all working conditions, for medical attention,
  for the payment of wages, and for ensuring that all employed internees receive compensation for occupational
  accidents and diseases. The standards prescribed for said working conditions and for compensation must be
  in accordance with national laws and regulations and with existing practice; they must in no case be inferior
  to those obtaining for work of the same nature in the same district (GC art. 95).
  Wages
  5-117. Wages for work done must be determined on an equitable basis by special agreements between the
  internees, the detaining power, and if the case arises, employers other than the detaining power, with due
  regard being paid to the obligation of the occupying State to provide for free maintenance of internees and
  for the medical attention that their state of health may require. Whether work is done for the occupying State
  or for an outside employer, the wages are to be decided by agreement with the internees, bearing in mind the
  latter have no living expenses to defray.
  5-118. Internees permanently detailed for categories of work mentioned in paragraph 5-115, such as
  doctors, dentists, and other medical personnel in the professional capacity on behalf of their fellow internees;
  administrative and maintenance work in places of internment, must be paid fair wages by the detaining power.
  The working conditions and the scale of compensation for occupational accidents and diseases to internees
  thus detailed may not be inferior to those applicable to work of the same nature in the same district (GC art.
  95).
  Labor Detachments
  5-119. All labor detachments must remain part of, and dependent upon, a place of internment. The
  competent authorities of the detaining authority and the commandant of a place of internment are responsible
  for observing the provisions of the GC in a labor detachment. The commandant must keep an up-to-date list
  of the labor detachments subordinate to him or her, and must communicate the list to the delegates of the
  protecting power, the ICRC, and other humanitarian organizations who may visit the places of internment
  (GC art. 96).
  PERSONAL PROPERTY AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES
  5-120. Internees may retain articles of personal use (CG art. 97). Internees, however, are not entitled to
  retain items that could be put to a use prejudicial to the legitimate interests of the detaining power, such as
  items that may pose a risk to security, such as knives or devices that may be used as weapons, or items that
  may facilitate escape, such as flares, compasses, or maps (DOD Law of War Manual, 10.18.1).
  5-121. Items that have “above all” a personal or sentimental value may not be taken away (GC art. 97). If
  an item of personal or sentimental value presents a security risk (for example, it may be useful as a bribe in
  an escape attempt), then the detaining power may impound it. Family or identity documents in the possession
  of internees may not be taken away without a receipt being given (GC art. 97). At no time may internees be
  left without identity documents. If they have none, they must be issued special documents drawn up by the
  detaining authorities, which will serve as their identity papers until the end of their internment. Internees may