Central African Republic
Practice Relating to Rule 1. The Principle of Distinction between Civilians and Combatants
The Central African Republic’s Instructor’s Manual (1999) states in Volume 2 (Instruction for group and patrol leaders): “Parties to a conflict must at all times distinguish between the civilian population and combatants in order to spare the civilian population and civilian property.”
The Central African Republic’s Instructor’s Manual (1999) states in Volume 1 (Basic and team leader instruction): “Combatants must: … fight only other combatants”.
In Volume 2 (Instruction for group and patrol leaders), the manual states: “In an international or non-international armed conflict, as a soldier
you must display the following conducts and attitudes: … Fight only the adversary”.

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In Volume 3 (Instruction for non-commissioned officers studying for the level 1 and 2 certificates and for future officers of the criminal police), the manual states that “attacking combatants and soldiers is allowed”.
The Central African Republic’s Instructor’s Manual (1999) states in Volume 2 (Instruction for group and patrol leaders): “Neither the civilian population as a whole nor civilians may be the object of attacks.”
In Volume 3 (Instruction for non-commissioned officers studying for the level 1 and 2 certificates and for future officers of the criminal police), the manual states: “Specially protected persons [including civilians in the power of a party to the conflict] may not … be attacked”.
In Volume 3, the manual also states: “The following prohibitions must be respected: … attacking civilian populations [and] individual civilians … as a deliberate method of combat”.