Italy
Practice Relating to Rule 115. Disposal of the Dead
Italy’s LOAC Elementary Rules Manual (1991) provides: “As a general rule, the dead shall be … buried, cremated or buried at sea individually.”
Italy’s Law of War Decree (1938), as amended in 1992, provides that commanders shall take all the necessary measures “to give [the dead] an honourable burial”.
Italy’s LOAC Elementary Rules Manual (1991) provides: “As a general rule, the dead shall be … buried, cremated or buried at sea individually”.