France
Practice Relating to Rule 116. Accounting for the Dead
France’s LOAC Summary Note (1992) and LOAC Teaching Note (2000) provide that the dead must be identified.
France’s LOAC Manual (2001) reproduces Article 17 of the 1949 Geneva Convention I.
France’s LOAC Manual (2001) reproduces Article 17 of the 1949 Geneva Convention I.
The manual also provides for the creation of a national information bureau, which would be in liaison with the Central Information Agency.