C1SCHEDULES
F6FIFTH SCHEDULE PROTOCOL I
F5PART III Methods and Means of Warfare Combatant and Prisoner-of-War Status
Fifth and Sixth Schedules inserted (20.7.1998) by 1995 c. 27, s. 6, Sch.; S.I. 1998/1505, art. 2
F4Article 41— Safeguard of an enemy hors de combat
Fifth and Sixth Schedules inserted (20.7.1998) by 1995 c. 27, s. 6, Sch.; S.I. 1998/1505, art. 2
F11
A person who is recognised or who, in the circumstances, should be recognised to be hors de combat shall not be made the object of attack.
F22
A person is hors de combat if:
a
he is in the power of an adverse Party;
b
he clearly expresses an intention to surrender; or
c
he has been rendered unconscious or is otherwise incapacitated by wounds or sickness, and therefore is incapable of defending himself;
provided that in any of these cases he abstains from any hostile act and does not attempt to escape.
F33
When persons entitled to protection as prisoners of war have fallen into the power of an adverse Party under unusual conditions of combat which prevent their evacuation as provided for in Part III, Section I, of the Third Convention, they shall be released and all feasible precautions shall be taken to ensure their safety.
Fifth and Sixth Schedules inserted (20.7.1998) by 1995 c. 27, s. 6, Sch.; S.I. 1998/1505, art. 2