Norma relacionada
Australia
Practice Relating to Rule 110. Treatment and Care of the Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked
Section B. Distinction between the wounded and the sick
Australia’s Commanders’ Guide (1994) states: “If medical supplies, personnel or facilities are inadequate to treat all the sick and wounded then medical assistance is to be provided strictly on the basis of medical triage.” It adds: “The most in need of medical treatment are to be given priority.”
Australia, Law of Armed Conflict, Commanders’ Guide, Australian Defence Force Publication, Operations Series, ADFP 37 Supplement 1 – Interim Edition, 7 March 1994, § 622.
(emphasis added)Australia’s Defence Force Manual (1994) states: “Priority in medical treatment can only be determined on the basis of medical need.”
Australia, Manual on Law of Armed Conflict, Australian Defence Force Publication, Operations Series, ADFP 37 – Interim Edition, 1994, § 992.
(emphasis added) The manual also states: “While there is no absolute obligation to accept civilian wounded and sick, once civilian patients have been accepted, discrimination against them, on any grounds other than medical, is not permissible.” Australia, Manual on Law of Armed Conflict, Australian Defence Force Publication, Operations Series, ADFP 37 – Interim Edition, 1994, § 987.
Australia’s LOAC Manual (2006) states: “Priority in medical treatment can only be determined on the basis of medical need, although women are to be treated with all consideration due to their sex.”
Australia, The Manual of the Law of Armed Conflict, Australian Defence Doctrine Publication 06.4, Australian Defence Headquarters, 11 May 2006, §§ 9.92 and 9.97.
The LOAC Manual (2006) replaces both the Defence Force Manual (1994) and the Commanders’ Guide (1994).
