Argentina
Practice Relating to Rule 87. Humane Treatment
Argentina’s Law of War Manual (1969) incorporates the provisions of common Article 3 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions and, in respect of occupied territories, states that protected persons “shall be treated, at all times, with humanity”.
Argentina’s Law of War Manual (1989) considers that, in the course of armed conflicts not of an international character, “all persons who do not directly participate in the hostilities shall be treated with humanity in all circumstances”.
Argentina’s Law of War Manual (1969) provides that persons not entitled to claim rights and benefits under the 1949 Geneva Convention IV “shall always be treated with humanity”.
Argentina’s Law of War Manual (1989) states: “When … people in the power of a party to the conflict … do not benefit from a better protection than the one provided by the Conventions and the Protocol, they shall be treated … with humanity.”
Argentina’s Law of War Manual (1969) provides that the sick and wounded must be respected and protected in all circumstances.
Argentina’s Law of War Manual (1989) provides for the protection of and respect for the wounded, sick and shipwrecked in both international and non-international armed conflicts.
Argentina’s Law of War Manual (1969) provides that prisoners of war shall be treated humanely.
Argentina’s Law of War Manual (1989) provides: “Prisoners of war shall at all times be treated humanely.”