Règle correspondante
Zimbabwe
Practice Relating to Rule 52. Pillage
Zimbabwe’s Code of Conduct for Combatants (1993), under the heading “Civilians”, states: “Respect their property. Do not … steal it.”
Zimbabwe, Code of Conduct for Combatants, Joint publication of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and the International Committee of the Red Cross Regional Delegation in Harare, 1993, p. 11.
Zimbabwe’s Defence Act (1972), as amended to 1993, provides:
Any member [of the Defence Forces] who –
…
(b) steals any property which has been left exposed or unprotected in consequence of warlike operations; or
(c) takes otherwise than for the services of the Defence Forces or any other Military Forces any vehicle, equipment or stores abandoned by the enemy;
shall be guilty of the offence of looting and liable to imprisonment or any less punishment.
Zimbabwe, Defence Act, 1972, as amended to 1993, First Schedule, Section 11(b) and (c).
