Côte d’Ivoire
Practice Relating to Rule 49. War Booty
Côte d’Ivoire’s Teaching Manual (2007) provides in Book IV (Instruction of heads of division and company commanders):
Chapter 4. Means and methods of warfare
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I.1.7. War booty
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All the public movable goods of the enemy captured or found on a battlefield constitute what is known as “booty” and becomes the property of the capturing State. Booty comprises all the articles captured with POWs [prisoners of war] other than their personal articles.
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Chapter 5. Prisoners of war
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II.2.5. Possessions of POWs
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All goods, other than those belonging to POWs, are regarded as booty. Booty belongs to the government or State, and not to the unit or person carrying out the capture.
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II.2.7. Search and personal effects of POWs
All prisoners must be disarmed and subjected to a thorough search … Only war booty can be confiscated …, all other objects must be left with the POWs.