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Practice Relating to Rule 135. Children
Section D. Death penalty on children
III. Military Manuals
Chad’s Instructor’s Manual (2006) states with regard to the protection of children: “[T]he death penalty for an offence related to the armed conflict shall not be executed on persons who had not attained the age of 18 at the time the offence was committed.” 
Chad, Droit international humanitaire, Manuel de l’instructeur en vigueur dans les forces armées et de sécurité, Ministère de la Défense, Présidence de la République, Etat-major des Armées, 2006, p. 53; see also p. 92.
VI. Other National Practice
In 1997, in its initial report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, Chad stated: “The death penalty is not applicable to minors.” 
Chad, Initial report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, 24 July 1997, UN Doc. CRC/C/3/Add.50, submitted 14 January 1997, § 90.