Djibouti
Practice Relating to Rule 28. Medical Units
Djibouti’s Disciplinary Regulations (1982) stated: “Combatants must … respect medical units, establishments and … buildings and places where wounded and sick civilians and combatants are gathered”.
In 2010, in the History and Geography Textbook for 8th Grade, Djibouti’s Ministry of National Education and Higher Education, under the heading “Basic rules of IHL”, stated:
Distinction
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2. It is prohibited to attack … hospitals.
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Specific protection
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2. … [M]edical … establishments [and] medical equipment (hospitals, clinics … etc.) … shall be respected and protected.