Practice Relating to Rule 145. Reprisals
The Central African Republic’s Instructor’s Manual (1999) states in Volume 3 (Instruction for non-commissioned officers studying for the level 1 and 2 certificates and for future officers of the criminal police): “Reprisals are permitted under customary law if they are made in response to an unlawful act of war. Reprisals may be made only if: … advance warning is given”.