Treatment of POWs in Islamic jurisprudence and International Law

Prisoner of War (POW) is a person that captured due to participation in armed conflicts.The capture of prisoner of war is legitimate in Islamic jurisprudence and international law. Armed conflicts is divided into domestic and international wars. The examples of non-international armed conflicts may be referred to rebellion, robbery and blyfemess prisons. Common article 3 of the geneva conventions and second additional protocol to the conventions are devated to non-international armed conflicts. Killing of POWsis banned in Islamic jurisprudence and international law and even is not permitted as a repraisal act.This rule cansider as a jus cogens. Islamic jurisprudence and international law require governments to try as much as possible to release POWs. Many international agreements such as geneva conventions of 12 august 1949, The statute of international criminal courts, international committee of the red cross, are considered as protective mechanisms in international law. International law and Islamic jurisprudence, notwithstanding some differences, have common approach in protection of prisoners of war.