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DFARS 237.171-3 Policy.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section sets policy for DoD contracts where contractor personnel interact with detainees. It requires those contracts to include a requirement that such personnel receive Government-provided training on international obligations and U.S. laws applicable to detention, including the Geneva Conventions, and give a copy of the training receipt to the contractor. The combatant commander for the area arranges the training and receipt document.

Applies to: DoD contracts involving contractor personnel who interact with detainees

What it requires

  • Include in the contract a requirement that contractor personnel receive Government-provided training on international obligations and laws applicable to detention, including the Geneva Conventions
  • Include in the contract a requirement that contractor personnel provide a copy of the training receipt document to the contractor

Key terms: detainees · Government-provided training · Geneva Conventions · training receipt document · combatant commander

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

(a) Each DoD contract in which contractor personnel, in the course of their duties, interact with detainees shall include a requirement that such contractor personnel—

(1) Receive Government-provided training regarding the international obligations and laws of the United States applicable to the detention of personnel, including the Geneva Conventions; and

(2) Provide a copy of the training receipt document to the contractor.

(b) The combatant commander responsible for the area where the detention or interrogation facility is located will arrange for the training and a training receipt document to be provided to contractor personnel. For information on combatant commander geographic areas of responsibility and point of contact information for each command, see PGI 237.171-3(b).

Sections that refer to it

  • 252.237-7019 Training for Contractor Personnel Interacting with Detainees.

← 237.171-2 Definition. · 237.171-4 Contract clause. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 237

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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