Australia
Practice Relating to Rule 87. Humane Treatment
Australia’s Commanders’ Guide (1994) provides that civilians “are to be treated with compassion and respect”.
Australia’s Defence Force Manual (1994) stipulates that the inhabitants of an occupied territory “must be humanely treated at all times and be especially safeguarded against all acts of violence or threats of violence and against insults and public curiosity”.
Australia’s LOAC Manual (2006) stipulates that the inhabitants of an occupied territory “must be humanely treated at all times and be especially safeguarded against all acts of violence or threats of violence and against insults and public curiosity”.
The LOAC Manual (2006) replaces both the Defence Force Manual (1994) and the Commanders’ Guide (1994).