privileged belligerent
- An individual who, based on the Third Geneva Convention, qualifies for the rights and protection allotted to a prisoner of war
- The soldier, as a privileged belligerent, was accorded the rights of a prisoner of war after capture.
- Under international law, privileged belligerents have specific protections if they are held captive during wartime.
- Despite the ongoing conflict, they made sure to respect the status of the captured enemy as a privileged belligerent.
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