Customary IHL - 153. Command Responsibility for Failure to Prevent, Repress or Report War Crimes

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Rule 153

Colombia

Practice Relating to Rule 153. Command Responsibility for Failure to Prevent, Punish or Report War Crimes

Colombia’s Instructors’ Manual (1999) states that to prevent violations of human rights, it is necessary “to report to the superior any irregularity which may constitute a violation of Human Rights [and] to report violations of Human Rights to the superior”.

Colombia, Derechos Humanos & Derecho Internacional Humanitario – Manual de Instrucción de la Guía de Conducta para el Soldado e Infante de Marina, Ministerio de Defensa Nacional, Oficina de Derechos Humanos, Fuerzas Militares de Colombia, Santafé de Bogotá, 1999, p. 13.

2. Practice\Command Responsibility for Failure to Prevent, Repress or Report War Crimes