Senegal
Practice Relating to Rule 87. Humane Treatment
Senegal’s Disciplinary Regulations (1990) instructs combatants to “treat humanely … all persons
hors de combat”.
Senegal’s IHL Manual (1999) restates common Article 3 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions.
Senegal’s Disciplinary Regulations (1990) provides that soldiers in combat shall treat with humanity all persons placed
hors de combat.
Senegal’s IHL Manual (1999) provides that one of the fundamental guarantees common to IHL conventions and the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights is that all the wounded and sick shall be treated with humanity.
Senegal’s IHL Manual (1999) provides, with regard to the rights of persons deprived of their liberty: “All wounded and sick shall be treated humanely in any circumstances.”