Règle correspondante
France
Practice Relating to Rule 134. Women
Section B. Particular care for pregnant women and nursing mothers
France’s LOAC Teaching Note (2000) states: “A particular attention shall be paid to the protection of … pregnant women and mothers accompanied by children under seven years old.”
France, Fiche didactique relative au droit des conflits armés, Directive of the Ministry of Defence, 4 January 2000, annexed to the Directive No. 147 of the Ministry of Defence of 4 January 2000, pp. 4–5; see also Manuel de droit des conflits armés, Ministère de la Défense, Direction des Affaires Juridiques, Sous-Direction du droit international humanitaire et du droit européen, Bureau du droit des conflits armés, 2001, p. 125.
France’s LOAC Manual (2001) contains specific rules intended to protect maternity cases and states: “Out of concern for their protection, pregnant women and maternity cases … are included in the same category as the wounded and sick under humanitarian law.”
France, Manuel de droit des conflits armés, Ministère de la Défense, Direction des Affaires Juridiques, Sous-Direction du droit international humanitaire et du droit européen, Bureau du droit des conflits armés, 2001, pp. 32 and 64.
