Norma relacionada
Senegal
Practice Relating to Rule 30. Persons and Objects Displaying the Distinctive Emblem
Senegal’s IHL Manual (1999) states: “The emblem of the red cross and red crescent ensures the protection of medical personnel, units and transports.”
Senegal, Le DIH adapté au contexte des opérations de maintien de l’ordre, République du Sénégal, Ministère des Forces Armées, Haut Commandement de la Gendarmerie et Direction de la Justice Militaire, Cabinet, 1999, p. 16.
Senegal’s Penal Code (1965), as amended in 2007, states that the following constitute war crimes:
b) [O]ther serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict, within the established framework of international law, namely, any of the following acts:
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21. launching deliberate attacks against buildings, material, medical units and transport, and personnel using the distinctive emblems of the Geneva Conventions in conformity with international law;
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d) …
Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in armed conflicts not of an international character, within the established framework of international law, namely, any of the following acts:
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2. launching deliberate attacks against buildings, material, medical units and transport, and personnel using distinctive emblems of the Geneva Conventions in conformity with international law.
Senegal, Penal Code, 1965, as amended in 2007, Article 431-3(b)(21) and (d)(2).
