Ukraine
Practice Relating to Rule 47. Attacks against Persons Hors de Combat
Ukraine’s IHL Manual (2004) states: “The following methods of warfare shall be prohibited: … killing or wounding of those who, having laid down their arms and possessing no means to protect themselves, have surrendered”.
Ukraine’s IHL Manual (2004) states:
1.3.2. The following methods of warfare shall be prohibited:
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- attacks against persons who have been shipwrecked …
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1.4.10. All parties to an internal armed conflict shall provide protection to:
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- members of armed forces who have laid down their arms;
- those placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds, detention, or any other cause.
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1.4.12. All wounded, sick and shipwrecked or those who have suffered an aircraft crash irrespective of their previous participation in an armed conflict shall be respected and protected.
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1.8.5. Serious violations of international humanitarian law directed against people include:
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- directing attacks against persons protected by international humanitarian law [including bearers of flags of truce and those who accompany them].