Règle correspondante
Mexico
Practice Relating to Rule 8. Definition of Military Objectives
Mexico’s IHL Guidelines (2009) states:
Military objectives are:
…
- … objects which by their nature, location or purpose make an effective contribution to military action and whose destruction or capture offers a military advantage.
Mexico, Cartilla de Derecho Internacional Humanitario, Ministry of National Defence, 2009, § 8.
At the CDDH, Mexico stated that it believed Article 47 of the draft Additional Protocol I (now Article 52) to be so essential that it “cannot be the subject of any reservations whatsoever since these would be inconsistent with the aim and purpose of Protocol I and undermine its basis”.
Mexico, Statement at the CDDH, Official Records, Vol. VI, CDDH/SR.41, 26 May 1977, p. 193.
Mexico’s IHL Guidelines (2009) states: “Military objectives are: … the armed forces except for the medical service and religious personnel and objects.”
Mexico, Cartilla de Derecho Internacional Humanitario, Ministry of National Defence, 2009, § 8.
Mexico’s IHL Guidelines (2009) states: “Military objectives are: … the establishments, buildings and positions of the armed forces.”
Mexico, Cartilla de Derecho Internacional Humanitario, Ministry of National Defence, 2009, § 8.
