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Practice Relating to Rule 104. Respect for Convictions and Religious Practices
III. Military Manuals
France’s LOAC Summary Note (1992) provides that all persons taking no direct part in the hostilities and persons hors de combat have the right to respect for their individual beliefs. 
France, Fiche de Synthèse sur les Règles Applicables dans les Conflits Armés, Note No. 432/DEF/EMA/OL.2/NP, Général de Corps d’Armée Voinot (pour l’Amiral Lanxade, Chef d’Etat-major des Armées), 1992, § 2.1(1).
France’s LOAC Teaching Note (2000) states: “Everybody has the right to respect … for their beliefs”. 
France, Fiche didactique relative au droit des conflits armés, Directive of the Ministry of Defence, 4 January 2000, annexed to the Directive No. 147 of the Ministry of Defence of 4 January 2000, p. 2.
France’s LOAC Manual (2001) refers to Article 75(1) of the 1977 Additional Protocol I and provides: “All the parties shall respect … religious practices of all persons [under their power]”. 
France, Manuel de droit des conflits armés, Ministère de la Défense, Direction des Affaires Juridiques, Sous-Direction du droit international humanitaire et du droit européen, Bureau du droit des conflits armés, 2001, p. 51.