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DOD Regulation Number 27-13: Captured Persons - Determination of Eligibility for Enemy Prisoner of War Status
Feb. 7, 1995 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2452
This DOD Regulation was issued by the U.S. Central Command on February 7, 1995. It discusses the "policies and procedures for determining whether persons who have committed belligerent acts and come into the power of US forces are entitled to EPW status under the Geneva Convention" and is applicable to "all members of US forces deployed". The Geneva Convention is cited as a primary source of US policy when dealing with Enemy Prisoners of War