Surrendered Enemy Personnel

Surrendered Enemy Personnel

Surrendered Enemy Personnel(SEP) is a designation for captive enemy soldiers (similar to Disarmed Enemy Forces). It was most commonly used by British forces towards German forces in Europe, and towards Japanese and associated forces in Asia after the end of World War II.

The designation was used in order to deprive the prisoners of the right enjoyed by POWs under the Geneva conventions.S. P. MacKenzie "The Treatment of Prisoners of War in World War II", The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 66, No. 3. (Sep., 1994), pp. 487-520.Verify source|date=September 2008] POV-statement|date=September 2008

On March 1, 1947 the U.S. stated that the SEPs should be regarded as POW's and be treated in accordance with the Geneva conventions. [Hanrei Taimuzu (The Law Times Report) No. 703, 63. [http://www.tomeika.jur.kyushu-u.ac.jp/jailpdf/043_Tokyo%20District%20Court%20Judgment,%201989.pdf X1, X2, X3 et al. v. The State of Japan] (Tokyo District Court, judgment, 1989, Case No. wa-4024, wa-8983 (1981), wa-731(1982), wa-12166 (1985)). pp. 7,8]

The designation of SEP allowed the Royal Navy to use the German command structure to facilitate the disbandment of the Kriegsmarine. [Madsen, Chris. " The Royal Navy and German Naval Disarmament, 1942-194", Routledge, 1998 ISBN 071464823X. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nJTj4pD_XekC&pg=PA90&lpg=PA90&ots=Vik1yWnz3Z&sig=LO97LAs8hnVhrLxissPe2r3b2ZU&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result p. 90] ]

In the Malay Emergency the UK also used the definition SEP, alongside Captured Enemy Personnel (CEP). The distinction made was that SEP were insurgents who surrendered to the British, [Nagl John A. "Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam: Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife", Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002 ISBN 0275976955. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2JIjFpSZ6iYC&pg=PA92&sig=ACfU3U2fPJfUHdkA6fnXyakpo7tb2FSr6g p. 92] ] while Captured Enemy Personnel were not. BothVerify source|date=September 2008 designations were treated as Prisoners of War. [Ingrid Detter Delupis, "The Law of War" ( [http://books.google.com/books?id=vqVZUdrEZrgC&pg=PA328&dq=%22Surrendered+Enemy+Personnel%22+geneva&sig=ACfU3U2ry1pStqpSjAWygHDO4sZoRhfMLA google books] p.328)]

ee also

* Japanese Surrendered Personnel
* Disarmed Enemy Forces
* Japanese Surrendered Personnel
* Prisoner of War
* Laws of war

References

Further reading

* [http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1946/oct/22/surrendered-enemy-personnel Surrendered Enemy Personnel (Hansard, 22 October 1946)]
* [http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1947/jun/17/surrendered-enemy-personnel-status SURRENDERED ENEMY PERSONNEL (STATUS) (Hansard, 17 June 1947)]


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