Règle correspondante
Croatia
Practice Relating to Rule 142. Instruction in International Humanitarian Law within Armed Forces
Section A. General
Croatia’s Commanders’ Manual (1992) states: “Law of war training has to be integrated into normal military activity.”
Croatia, Basic Rules of the Law of Armed Conflicts – Commanders’ Manual, Republic of Croatia, Ministry of Defence, 1992, § 22.
Croatia’s Emblem Law (1993) provides:
In accordance with the commitments made on [the] international level concerning the promotion of [the 1949] Geneva Conventions, it is necessary to elaborate adequate programmes and ensure their implementation among:
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–members of [the] armed forces of the Republic of Croatia – Ministry of Defence.
Croatia, Emblem Law, 1993, Article 14.
In 1999, the Croatian Ministry of Defence, in conjunction with the ICRC, held a seminar on the law of armed conflict for senior officers.
ICRC, Advisory Service, 1999 Annual Report, Geneva, 2000, p. 23.
According to the Report on the Practice of Croatia, training in IHL is provided in the Military Academy and during military service.
Report on the Practice of Croatia, 1997, Chapter 6.6.
In 2006, in its initial report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child under the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, Croatia stated:
[T]he education curricula of the officers of the Croatian Armed Forces include topics relating to the treatment of civilians in armed conflicts. Within this education the following issues are dealt with:
- General principles and starting points of the Geneva and the Hague Conventions;
- Basic prohibitions concerning the objective, weapons and tactics of the armed forces;
- Proper treatment of prisoners of war and other prisoners and members of protected categories.
Croatia, Initial report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child under the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, 11 January 2007, UN Doc. CRC/C/OPAC/HRV/1, submitted 24 November 2006, § 48.
