Argentina
Practice Relating to Rule 88. Non-Discrimination
Argentina’s Law of War Manual (1969) restates the provisions of common Article 3 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions.
Argentina’s Law of War Manual (1989) stipulates that the provisions of the chapter regarding non-international armed conflicts are applicable “without any adverse distinction for reasons of race, colour, sex, language, religion or belief, political or other opinion, national or social origin, wealth, birth or other analogous condition or criteria, to persons affected by an armed conflict”.
Argentina’s Law of War Manual (1989) restates the provisions of Article 75(1) of the 1977 Additional Protocol I.
Argentina’s Law of War Manual (1969) states that the wounded and sick “shall be treated and cared for … without any adverse distinction based on sex, race, nationality, religion, political opinions or on any other similar criteria”.
Argentina’s Law of War Manual (1969) provides: “All prisoners shall be treated in the same way by the detaining power, without any adverse distinction based on race, nationality, religion, political opinions or any other similar criteria.”
Argentina’s Law of War Manual (1989) provides: “Prisoners of war, at all times, shall be treated … equally without distinction based on rank, sex, race, nationality, age, religion, political opinion, professional skills, etc.”
Argentina’s Law of War Manual (1989) states that the practice of apartheid and similar practices are grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions and of the 1977 Additional Protocol I.