POW Definitions 1. Political Prisoner: "A person incarcerated for actions carried out in support of legitimate struggles for self-determination or for opposing the illegal policies of the government and/or its political sub-divisions." (Special International Tribunal on the Violation of Human rights of Political prisoners and Prisoners of War in the United States Prisons and Jails, December 1990) 2. Prisoners of War: "Those combatants struggling against colonial and alien domination and racist regimes captured as prisoners are to be accorded the status of prisoner of war and their treatment should be in accord with the provisions of the Geneva Conventions Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War." (August 12, 1949 General Assembly Resolution 3101 [XXVIII]) 3. Self-Determination: "the right by virtue of which all people's are entitled freely to determine their political status and to pursue their economic, social, and cultural development. All peoples may, for their own ends, freely dispose of their natural wealth and resources without prejudice to any obligations arising out of international economic cooperation, based upon the principle of mutual benefit and international law. In no case may a be deprived of its own means of subsistence." (Common Article 1(1) of the International Human Rights covenants, 1966) [source: "Anarchist Black Cross Federation Guide to Political Prisoner and Prisoner of War Support", 1997 PAC Publications, Paterson, NJ]