Burundi
Practice Relating to Rule 54. Attacks against Objects Indispensable to the Survival of the Civilian Population
Section A. Attacks against objects
Burundi’s Regulations on International Humanitarian Law (2007) states:
It is prohibited, for the sole purpose of starving civilians, to attack, destroy, remove, or put out of service objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, in particular:
- foodstuffs;
- agricultural areas which produce foodstuffs;
- harvests;
- livestock;
- drinking water installations or reservoirs;
- irrigation works.
The Regulations further states: “Civilian objects benefit from general protection. … Such protection is directed at
inter alia objects indispensable for the survival of the [civilian] population.”