By studying British Indian Army [BIA] desertions during World War II, and British postwar trial responses, this paper explores the complicated dimensions of desertion and draws attention to the need for a more explicit and comprehensive approach to desertion in international humanitarian law. The paper focuses on less known British trials dealing with desertion, namely, war crimes trials conducted by the British in Singapore. It examines how these trials dealt with contested interpretations of desertion. Drawing on lessons from these trials, the paper then highlights gaps in today’s international humanitarian law framework, specifically, the need to take into account the realities of desertion, its different permutations, and the difficulties of differentiating between prisoners of war [POWs] and deserters.

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处理国际人道法中的遗弃和漏洞：新加坡战争罪审判中效忠的变化

通过研究二战期间英属印度军队 [BIA] 的逃兵行为和英国战后审判的反应，本文探讨了逃兵的复杂维度，并提请注意在国际人道法中对逃兵问题采取更明确和全面的方法的必要性。本文重点关注鲜为人知的英国关于逃兵的审判，即英国人在新加坡进行的战争罪审判。它研究了这些审判如何处理对遗弃的有争议的解释。借鉴这些审判的经验教训，本文强调了当今国际人道法框架中的差距，特别是需要考虑开小差的现实、其不同的排列方式以及区分战俘 [POWs] 和逃兵的困难.