Whenever circumstances permit, and particularly after an engagement, all possible measures shall be taken, without delay, to search for and collect the wounded, sick and shipwrecked, to protect them against pillage and ill-treatment, to ensure their adequate care, and to search for the dead, prevent their being despoiled, and decently dispose of them.
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In force from 12-08-1949
Source page 7
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Section 8 of the Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims/akn/un/act/treaty/1949-08-12/geneva-conventions-additional-protocol-1949
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