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Burkina Faso
Practice Relating to Rule 113. Treatment of the Dead
Section B. Protection of the dead against despoliation
III. Military Manuals
Burkina Faso’s Disciplinary Regulations (1994) states that it is prohibited “to despoil the dead”. 
Burkina Faso, Règlement de Discipline Générale dans les Forces Armées, Décret No. 94-159/IPRES/DEF, Ministère de la Défense, 1994, Article 35(2).
IV. National Legislation
Under Burkina Faso’s Code of Military Justice (1994), the despoliation of the dead in the area of operations of military units is a punishable offence. 
Burkina Faso, Code of Military Justice, 1994, Article 193.