New Zealand’s Military Manual (1992) states: “Protected persons must be humanely treated at all times.” It qualifies “inhuman treatment of protected persons” as a grave breach.  The manual also states that, in non-international armed conflicts, persons protected by common Article 3 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions “shall in all circumstances be treated humanely”. 

New Zealand’s Military Manual (1992) provides that “protected persons must be humanely treated” in both international and non-international armed conflicts. 

New Zealand’s Military Manual (1992) provides that the sick, wounded and shipwrecked shall be treated humanely. 

New Zealand’s Military Manual (1992) provides that, in both international and non-international armed conflicts, all detainees must at all times be treated humanely and protected against insults and public curiosity and particularly against any acts of violence or intimidation.