Peru
Practice Relating to Rule 35. Hospital and Safety Zones and Neutralized Zones
Peru’s IHL Manual (2004) states:
When appropriate, special agreements should be made between the parties to the conflict or with neutral States in order to:
(a) locate certain areas (hospital zones or localities … ) at a safe distance from military operations;
(b) arrange for hostilities to be suspended or cease in a certain area (neutralized area).
The manual further states:
[Hospital] zones and localities [are] organized to protect the wounded and sick of the armed forces from the effects of war, as well as the personnel entrusted with their organization and administration and with the care of the persons assembled in them. They must fulfil the following conditions:
(1) they shall comprise only a small part of the territory controlled by the Power which has established them;
(2) they shall be thinly populated in relation to the possibilities of accommodation;
(3) they shall be far removed and free from all military objectives and large industrial and administrative establishments;
(4) they shall not be situated in areas likely to become important for the conduct of the war;
(5) the lines of communication and means of transport which they possess shall not be used for the transport of military personnel or material, even in transit;
(6) they shall in no case be defended by military means.
Peru’s IHL and Human Rights Manual (2010) states:
(2) When appropriate, special agreements should be made between the parties to the conflict or with neutral States in order to:
(a) locate certain areas (hospital zones or localities … ) at a safe distance from military operations;
(b) arrange for hostilities to be suspended or cease in a certain area (neutralized area).
The manual also states:
[Hospital and safety] zones and localities are organized to protect the wounded and sick of the armed forces from the effects of war, as well as the personnel entrusted with their organization and administration and with the care of the persons assembled in them. They must fulfil the following conditions:
(1) they shall comprise only a small part of the territory controlled by the Power which has established them;
(2) they shall be thinly populated in relation to the possibilities of accommodation;
(3) they shall be far removed and free from all military objectives and large industrial and administrative establishments;
(4) they shall not be situated in areas likely to become important for the conduct of the war; … the lines of communication and means of transport which they possess shall not be used for the transport of military personnel or material, even in transit;
(5) they shall in no case be defended by military means.