Croatia
Practice Relating to Rule 146. Reprisals against Protected Persons
Croatia’s Instructions on Basic Rules of IHL (1993) states that captured combatants and civilians must be protected against all acts of violence and reprisals.
Croatia’s LOAC Compendium (1991) states that reprisals are prohibited against prisoners of war. It further provides for the prohibition of taking reprisals against “specifically protected persons and objects”.
Croatia’s LOAC Compendium (1991) states that reprisals are prohibited against the sick, wounded and shipwrecked. It further provides for the prohibition of taking reprisals against “specifically protected persons and objects”.
Croatia’s LOAC Compendium (1991) provides for the prohibition of taking reprisals against “specifically protected persons and objects”.
Croatia’s LOAC Compendium (1991) provides for the prohibition of reprisals against “civilian persons and objects”. It further provides for the prohibition of taking reprisals against “specifically protected persons and objects”.
Croatia’s Soldiers’ Manual (1992), in a part dealing with civilians, provides: “Measures of reprisal and the taking of hostages are prohibited.”