Règle correspondante
Russian Federation
Practice Relating to Rule 106. Conditions for Prisoner-of-War Status
Section C. Situations where combatants cannot distinguish themselves
The Russian Federation’s Military Manual (1990) provides that members of organized resistance movements enjoy prisoner-of-war status upon capture provided they fulfil the conditions set out in Article 4(A)(2) of the 1949 Geneva Convention III.
Russian Federation, Instructions on the Application of the Rules of International Humanitarian Law by the Armed Forces of the USSR, Appendix to Order of the USSR Defence Minister No. 75, 1990, § 13.
The Russian Federation’s Regulations on the Application of IHL (2001) states:
In addition [to captured combatants], the following persons captured by the enemy are also prisoners of war:
- members of militias and of volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a party to the conflict.
Russian Federation, Regulations on the Application of International Humanitarian Law by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, Moscow, 8 August 2001, § 1.
