Azerbaijan
Practice Relating to Rule 118. Provision of Basic Necessities to Persons Deprived of Their Liberty
Azerbaijan’s Law concerning the Protection of Civilian Persons and the Rights of Prisoners of War (1995) provides: “Prisoners of war are entitled to the following in all cases: … to have the opportunity to receive necessary medical care, food, clothes … and also to receive material assistance from outside.”
In 1993, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of the Interior ordered that troops “in zones of combat, during military operations … must provide care to wounded prisoners”.