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Practice Relating to Rule 111. Protection of the Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked against Pillage and Ill-Treatment
Section A. General
III. Military Manuals
Djibouti’s Disciplinary Regulations (1982) states:
It is prohibited for combatants to:
…
- despoil the … wounded;
…
- commit violence to the life and person of the wounded, sick [and] shipwrecked. 
Djibouti, Décret no. 82-028/PR/DEF du 5 mai 1982 portant règlement de la discipline générale dans les Forces armées, Article 30(3).
VI. Other National Practice
In 2011, in the History and Geography Textbook for 9th Grade, Djibouti’s Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training, under the heading “Ethics of Debne warriors” [inhabitants of the Dikhil region in Djibouti], stated: “Avoid any humiliation of a wounded enemy … apart from taking from him … his gun, spear or ammunition.” 
Djibouti, Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training, History and Geography Textbook for 9th Grade, 2011, p. 231.