§ The correspondence that was owed Addressed to the family, and to the Central Tracing Agency Mailbox

Card 02 of 10 · Geneva IV · Article 106

Internment card

Internment card — Geneva IV, Article 106. Not delivered.

The rule that requires it

Article 106 of Geneva Convention IV — Internment cards. Retrieved verbatim, 2026-08-22.

As soon as he is interned, or at the latest not more than one week after his arrival in a place of internment, and likewise in cases of sickness or transfer to another place of internment or to a hospital, every internee shall be enabled to send direct to his family, on the one hand, and to the Central Agency provided for by Article 140 , on the other, an internment card similar, if possible, to the model annexed to the present Convention, informing his relatives of his detention, address and state of health. The said cards shall be forwarded as rapidly as possible and may not be delayed in any way.

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What the record shows instead

United States / Israel

Detainees have been held incommunicado, with families not told of the fact of detention and no effective independent access, obstructing the humanitarian functions the Convention reserves to the ICRC.

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