Philippines
Practice Relating to Rule 118. Provision of Basic Necessities to Persons Deprived of Their Liberty
The Rules for Combatants (1989) of the Philippines provides that wounded and sick prisoners must receive medical treatment.
In a memorandum on the strict observance of human rights issued to the Philippine armed forces in 1982, the Philippine Ministry of National Defence provided that medical check-ups were mandatory for persons detained in connection with crimes against national security.