Norma relacionada
Peru
Practice Relating to Rule 113. Treatment of the Dead
Peru’s IHL Manual (2004) defines “spoliation” as: “Removal of the movable property belonging to wounded, sick or shipwrecked persons, prisoners of war or the dead on the battlefield by non-violent means. Spoliation is prohibited.”
Peru, Manual de Derecho Internacional Humanitario para las Fuerzas Armadas, Resolución Ministerial Nº 1394-2004-DE/CCFFAA/CDIH-FFAA, Lima, 1 December 2004, Annex 9, Glossary of Terms.
The manual further states: “This prohibition extends to remains, ashes and graves.”
Peru, Manual de Derecho Internacional Humanitario para las Fuerzas Armadas, Resolución Ministerial Nº 1394-2004-DE/CCFFAA/CDIH-FFAA, Lima, 1 December 2004, § 33.a.(3); see also § 88.a.(2).
Peru’s IHL and Human Rights Manual (2010) defines “spoliation” in its Glossary of Terms as: “Removal, not necessarily through violent means, of the movable property belonging to wounded, sick or shipwrecked persons, prisoners of war or the dead on the battlefield. Spoliation is prohibited.”
Peru, Manual de Derecho Internacional Humanitario y Derechos Humanos para las Fuerzas Armadas, Resolución Ministerial No. 049-2010/DE/VPD, Lima, 21 May 2010, p. 404.
The manual further states: “This prohibition extends to remains, ashes and graves.”
Peru, Manual de Derecho Internacional Humanitario y Derechos Humanos para las Fuerzas Armadas, Resolución Ministerial No. 049-2010/DE/VPD, Lima, 21 May 2010, § 34(a)(1), p. 252.
The manual also states:
At all times in an armed conflict, and particularly after an engagement, parties to the conflict must take all possible measures, to the extent permitted by military requirements and taking into account the circumstances and location, in order to:
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(2) Search for the dead and prevent their spoliation.
Peru, Manual de Derecho Internacional Humanitario y Derechos Humanos para las Fuerzas Armadas, Resolución Ministerial No. 049-2010/DE/VPD, Lima, 21 May 2010, § 77(a)(2), p. 227.
