# Prisoners of war - The Laws of War - ICRC

Have you ever wondered how a prisoner of war (POW) is protected? Or how they become a POW in the first place?

Our colleague Caitlin explains:

How POWs are different to other prisoners

What the Third Geneva Convention offers in terms of legal protection

Why we're involved in making sure POWs are treated humanely and with dignity.

For more on the Geneva Conventions, visit: https://www.icrc.org/en/document/rules-war-why-they-matter

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2022
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
- Genres: War
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prisoners_of_war_-_The_Laws_of_War_-_ICRC.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/121625986?play=1)