Military Manual on Laws of War USI - Occasional Paper

7 enforcement mechanism • Canada: The Canadian Law of Armed • The evacuation of captured persons and Conflict (LOAC), which is applicable at treatment of prisoners of war the operational and tactical levels, was issued in 2001 under the authority of the • The protection of cultural property Chief of the Defence Staff. [...] • Deployment of the armed forces in internal It covers the law related to the conduct of conflicts, the applicable law for the use of hostilities (Hague Law) and the protection force, treatment of detainees and medical of victims of armed conflict (Geneva Law). [...] manual, revised in 2016, represents the legal views of the US Department • The United Kingdom: of Defence and prescribes In England, rules of The Instructions for the legal conduct for service conduct in war were Government of Armies of the members in all branches issued during the reign United States in the Field, during military operations.9 of Richard II in the commonly known as the In its open. [...] The law of war treaties Manual would benefit both the armed forces and and the customary law of war are understood to the members of the civil society and contribute regulate the conduct of hostilities, regardless of to the progressive development of the law of war. [...] The Manual contains 16 chapters: Historical and General Background; Basic Principles of the Law of Armed Conflict; The Applicability of the Law of Armed Conflict; The Armed Forces of the Belligerents; The Conduct of Hostilities; Weapons; The Wounded, Sick, and Dead and Medical Services; Prisoners of War; Protection of Civilians in the Hands of a Party to the Conflict; Negotiations Between Belliger.