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IHL Lecture 3
IHL Lecture 3
According to article-13, the following Wounded and Sick person are protected -
Members of the armed forces
Members of other militias and volunteer corps
Members of organized resistance movements who-
are commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates;
have a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance;
carry arms openly;
conduct their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war.
Persons who accompany the armed forces without actually being members thereof, such
as civilian members of military aircraft crews, war correspondents, supply contractors,
members of labour units.
Members of crews including masters, pilots and apprentices of the merchant marine and
the crews of civil aircraft of the Parties to the conflict,
According to article 24- All medical personnel, exclusively engaged in the search, collection,
transport or treatment of the wounded or sick, shall be respected and protected in all circumstances.
According to article 25- Members of the armed forces specially trained for nursing, stretcher-
bearing, collecting and transporting the wounded and sick.
According to article 26- The staff of National Red Cross Societies and that of other Voluntary
Aid Societies.
According to article 35 -Transports of wounded and sick or of medical equipment shall be
respected and protected
According to article 50- the following acts will be treated as grave breaches-
‘wilful killing,
torture or inhuman treatment,
biological experiments,
wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health,
and extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military
necessity
and will be brought to justice under International Criminal Court (ICC) for committing war
crimes.