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Practice Relating to Rule 100. Fair Trial Guarantees
Section A. General
III. Military Manuals
Ecuador’s Naval Manual (1989) provides that “offences against prisoners of war, including … denying the right to a fair trial for committed offences” and “offences against civilian inhabitants of the occupied territory, including … denying the right to a fair trial for committed offences” constitute war crimes. 
Ecuador, Aspectos Importantes del Derecho Internacional Marítimo que Deben Tener Presente los Comandantes de los Buques, Academia de Guerra Naval, 1989, § 6.2.5(1)–(2).
The manual further provides that “individuals captured as … illegal combatants … have the right to be fairly tried for violations of the law of armed conflict”. 
Ecuador, Aspectos Importantes del Derecho Internacional Marítimo que Deben Tener Presente los Comandantes de los Buques, Academia de Guerra Naval, 1989, § 11.8.