France
Practice Relating to Rule 87. Humane Treatment
France’s Disciplinary Regulations (1975), as amended, instructs combatants to “treat humanely … all persons
hors de combat”.
France’s LOAC Summary Note (1992) provides that persons
hors de combat shall be treated humanely.
France’s LOAC Teaching Note (2000) provides: “Combatants placed
hors de combat, certain categories of military personnel, as well as the entire civilian population, must be particularly protected and treated with humanity.”
France’s Code of Defence (2004), as amended in 2008, states: “Combatants must respect and treat with humanity all persons protected by the applicable international conventions”.