Mexico
Practice Relating to Rule 27. Religious Personnel
Mexico’s Army and Air Force Manual (2009) states: “In case of armed conflict, … military and civilian … religious personnel … may not be attacked. To the contrary, they must be respected and protected.”
In a section on the 1949 Geneva Conventions, the manual also states that “chaplains attached to the armed forces must be respected and protected in all circumstances.”
The manual further states: “The [1949 Geneva] Convention [II] provides that religious personnel … must be respected and protected in all circumstances.”
The manual also states that the 1977 Additional Protocol II “includes rules similar to those laid down in [the 1977 Additional] Protocol I for situations of internal armed conflict … It also provides that … religious personnel … must receive particularly favourable treatment.”
Mexico’s IHL Guidelines (2009), in a section entitled “Basic rules of conduct in armed conflict”, states that “religious personnel … must not be attacked.”