Peru
Practice Relating to Rule 8. Definition of Military Objectives
Peru’s IHL Manual (2004) states: “Military objectives are those objects which by their nature, location, purpose or use make an effective contribution to military action and whose total or partial destruction, capture or neutralization offers a definite military advantage.”
Peru’s IHL and Human Rights Manual (2010) states:
89. Military Objectives
Objects which by their nature, location, purpose or use make an effective contribution to military action and whose total or partial destruction, capture or neutralization offers a definite military advantage.
Peru’s Decree on the Use of Force by the Armed Forces (2010) states:
A military objective … is an objective which by its nature, location, purpose or use contributes to the actions of the hostile group and whose total or partial destruction, capture or neutralization offers a military advantage.