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Originally Posted by Fuzz
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First, what you quoted is not a legally binding text. Second, it refers to "criminal punishment, but also sanctions, harassment or administrative penalties" against "prisoners of war or other protected persons".
If you look at the definition of protected persons on the same site, you would see that those are defined as
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The basic definition of protected persons under the fourth Geneva Convention is the following: "Protected persons" are civilians who find themselves in the hands of a party to the conflict of which they are not nationals.
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https://casebook.icrc.org/a_to_z/glo...lian-internees
The key here is "in the hands". Meaning they surrendered or were otherwise captured and are powerless and given up. So, collective punishment can only be applied to people, who have given up any resistance and are being "punished". It is not applicable in the settings of an ongoing battle.