Reservation made upon ratification:
"Regarding Article 10 of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of August 12, 1949, the People's Republic of China will not recognize as valid a request by the Detaining Power of prisoners of war to a neutral State or to a humanitarian organization, to undertake the functions which should be performed by a Protecting Power, unless the consent has been obtained of the government of the State of which the prisoners of war are nationals. Regarding Article 12, the People's Republic of China holds that the original Detaining Power which has transferred prisoners of war to another Contracting Power, is not for that reason freed from its responsibility for the application of the Convention while such prisoners of war are in the custody of the Power accepting them. Regarding Article 85, the People's Republic of China is not bound by Article 85 in respect of the treatment of prisoners of war convicted under the laws of the Detaining Power in accordance with the principles laid down in the trials of war crimes or crimes against humanity by the Nuremberg and the Tokyo International Military Tribunals."
El 31 de mayo de 2000, la República Popular China depositó en poder del Consejo Federal Suizo una declaración sobre la aplicabilidad de los Convenios de Ginebra de 12 de agosto de 1949 y los Protocolos adicionales I y II a la Región Administrativa Especial de Macao. Conforme a esa declaración, los convenios y protocolos son aplicables a la Región Administrativa Especial de Macao a partir del 20 de diciembre de 1999.
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