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7 - Wounded, Sick, Shipwrecked, Dead and the Medical Services

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2018

William H. Boothby
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg
Affiliation:
Europa-Universitat Viadrina
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Chapter 7 considers the Manual’s treatment of the law relating to the wounded, sick, shipwrecked and medical personnel. The Manual’s explanation of the rules as to respect for and protection of the wounded sick and shipwrecked is carefully examined and, in certain respects, is found to be less than completely accurate. The Manual’s interpretation of shipwrecked is also criticised. The Chapter goes on to address the Manual’s treatment of the obligation to search for and collect the wounded and sick, the requirements as to humane treatment and care, accounting for captured or dead enemy personnel, treatment of the dead, respect and protection of medical and religious personnel and their capture, military medical units, medical transports and aircraft and the distinctive emblem. The Chapter concludes by discussing civilian hospitals and their personnel, civilian hospital convoys, civilian medical aircraft and, finally, the Additional Protocol I provisions in relation to the wounded, sick and shipwrecked.
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The Law of War
A Detailed Assessment of the US Department of Defense <I>Law of War Manual</I>
, pp. 181 - 200
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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