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Practice Relating to Rule 87. Humane Treatment
Section A. General
III. Military Manuals
Togo’s Military Manual (1996) provides that all persons hors de combat and who do not take a direct part in hostilities shall be treated humanely. 
Togo, Le Droit de la Guerre, III fascicules, Etat-major Général des Forces Armées Togolaises, Ministère de la Défense nationale, 1996, Fascicule I, p. 11, Fascicule II, pp. 4 and 5 and Fascicule III, pp. 4 and 5.
Section B. Civilians
III. Military Manuals
Togo’s Military Manual (1996) instructs soldiers to “treat [civilians] humanely and protect them”. 
Togo, Le Droit de la Guerre, III fascicules, Etat-major Général des Forces Armées Togolaises, Ministère de la Défense nationale, 1996, Fascicule I, p. 17 and Fascicule II, p. 19.
Section C. Wounded and sick
III. Military Manuals
Togo’s Military Manual (1996) provides that wounded, sick and shipwrecked combatants “shall be treated humanely”. 
Togo, Le Droit de la Guerre, III fascicules, Etat-major Général des Forces Armées Togolaises, Ministère de la Défense nationale, 1996, Fascicule II, pp. 9 and 12.
Section D. Persons deprived of their liberty
III. Military Manuals
Togo’s Military Manual (1996) provides that all captured combatants shall be treated humanely. 
Togo, Le Droit de la Guerre, III fascicules, Etat-major Général des Forces Armées Togolaises, Ministère de la Défense nationale, 1996, Fascicule I, p. 16, Fascicule II, pp. 9 and 11 and Fascicule III, p. 5.