Canada
Practice Relating to Rule 138. The Elderly, Disabled and Infirm
Section B. The disabled and infirm
Canada’s LOAC Manual (1999) provides: “Special protection and respect must be given to … the infirm”.
The manual also states: “If circumstances permit, the parties to a conflict must endeavour to conclude local agreements for the removal from besieged areas of … [the] infirm”.
Canada’s LOAC Manual (2001) states in its chapter on land warfare: “If circumstances permit, the parties to a conflict must endeavour to conclude local agreements for the removal from besieged areas of … [the] infirm”.
In its chapter on the treatment of civilians in the hands of a party to the conflict or an occupying power, the manual states: “Special protection and respect must be given to the wounded and sick, the infirm and expectant mothers.”