GENEVA CONVENTION FOR THE AMELIORATION OF THE CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED AND SICK IN ARMED FORCES IN THE FIELD OF 12 AUGUST 1949 — Rwanda law | Esheria

GENEVA CONVENTION FOR THE AMELIORATION OF THE CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED AND SICK IN ARMED FORCES IN THE FIELD OF 12 AUGUST 1949

The Convention must be respected in all circumstances, and hospital zones are reserved for specified persons and staff; permanent residents in those zones have the right to stay there.

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Rwanda
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The Convention must be respected in all circumstances, and hospital zones are reserved for specified persons and staff; permanent residents in those zones have the right to stay there. The Convention applies in declared war, other armed conflicts, and occupation; parties to the Convention remain bound in their mutual relations, and people living in a hospital zone must not do work directly connected with military operations or war material production. In a non-international armed conflict, each party must treat non-participants humanely and must not commit specified abuses; a humanitarian body may offer services, and the authority creating a hospital zone must block access by unauthorized persons. Hospital zones must meet specified conditions, including being small, sparsely populated, away from military and major industrial or administrative sites, and not located where war may become important. The Convention applies to protected persons until final repatriation, and hospital zones must not be used to move military personnel or material or be defended by military means.