Related Rule
El Salvador
Practice Relating to Rule 51. Public and Private Property in Occupied Territory
Section C. Private property in occupied territory
El Salvador’s Human Rights Charter of the Armed Forces orders troops to “respect the property of others”.
El Salvador, Derechos Humanos. Decálogo de la Fuerza Armada de El Salvador, Ministerio de la Defensa Nacional, Departamento de Derecho Humanitario, undated, p. 3; see also p. 9.
The Charter also instructs: “Do not steal, do not cause damage or destroy what is not yours.”
El Salvador, Derechos Humanos. Decálogo de la Fuerza Armada de El Salvador, Ministerio de la Defensa Nacional, Departamento de Derecho Humanitario, undated, p. 9; see also pp. 10 and 18.
The Charter further states: “All acts against property shall be denounced.”
El Salvador, Derechos Humanos. Decálogo de la Fuerza Armada de El Salvador, Ministerio de la Defensa Nacional, Departamento de Derecho Humanitario, undated, p. 16.
