Source: https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/fre/docs/v2_cou_ca_rule116
Timestamp: 2020-08-11 07:12:24
Document Index: 95681727

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 56', '§ 5', '§ 924', '§ 3', '§ 5', '§ 51', '§ 924', '§ 3', '§ 3', '§ 57', '§ 924']

DIH Coutumier - 116.L'identification des personnes décédées
2. Pratique\L'identification des personnes décédées
Règle 116 (current)
Canada’s LOAC Manual (1999) provides: “Parties to the conflict shall endeavour to reach agreements to allow teams to … identify … the dead from battlefield areas.”
The manual further states: “Burial or cremation must be preceded by a careful examination of the bodies (if possible by a medical examination), with a view to confirming death, establishing identity and enabling a report to be made.”
Canada, The Law of Armed Conflict at the Operational and Tactical Level, Office of the Judge Advocate General, 1999, p. 9-6, § 56.
Canada’s Code of Conduct (2001) provides: “Burial must be preceded by a careful examination, and if possible, by a medical examination of the bodies in order to confirm death, establish identity and make appropriate reports.”
Canada, Code of Conduct for CF Personnel, Office of the Judge Advocate General, 4 June 2001, Rule 7, § 5.
925. Care of remains
3. Burial or cremation must be preceded by a careful examination of the bodies (if possible by a medical examination), with a view to confirming death, establishing identity and enabling a report to be made.
Canada, The Law of Armed Conflict at the Operational and Tactical Levels, Office of the Judge Advocate General, 13 August 2001, §§ 924.1 and 3 and 925.3.
As a general principle, subject to any religious or ethnic variations, the funeral arrangements for a PW [prisoner of war] are to be the same as those, which would be made for a member of the Canadian Forces dying in the AOO [Area of Operations]. In particular, the disposal of the remains of a deceased PW are to be carried out [as follows]:
a. … Before burial or cremation takes place, there is to be a medical examination of the body in order to confirm death and, where necessary, to identify the remains. It will be normal practice for an NIS [National Investigation Service] Investigator to be present during this post mortem investigation.
Canada, Prisoner of War Handling, Detainees, Interrogation and Tactical Questioning in International Operations, B-GJ-005-110/FP-020, National Defence Headquarters, 1 August 2004, § 3F17.5.
Canada’s Code of Conduct (2005) states: “Burial must be preceded by a careful examination, and if possible, by a medical examination of the bodies in order to confirm death, establish identity and make appropriate reports.”
Canada, Code of Conduct for CF Personnel, Office of the Judge Advocate General, 2005, Rule 7, § 5.
Canada’s LOAC Manual (1999) states that the 1977 Additional Protocol I “also imposes obligations … to report upon the disposal of the remains of the dead”.
Canada, The Law of Armed Conflict at the Operational and Tactical Level, Office of the Judge Advocate General, 1999, p. 9-5, § 51.
The Geneva Conventions impose certain obligations on Detaining Powers with regard to the burial and reporting of dead personnel belonging to the adverse party. [The 1977 Additional Protocol I] also imposes obligations to search for the missing and to report upon the disposal of the remains of the dead.
Canada, The Law of Armed Conflict at the Operational and Tactical Levels, Office of the Judge Advocate General, 13 August 2001, § 924.1.
Canada’s Prisoner of War Handling and Detainees Manual (2004) states with regard to the funeral arrangements for prisoners of war: “Details of all burials and graves are [to be] recorded with the Graves Registration Service.”
Canada, Prisoner of War Handling, Detainees, Interrogation and Tactical Questioning in International Operations, B-GJ-005-110/FP-020, National Defence Headquarters, 1 August 2004, § 3F17.5.c(5).
Canada’s LOAC Manual (1999) provides that the grave sites of the dead shall be marked.
The remains of all persons who have died as a result of hostilities or while in occupation or detention in relation thereto shall be respected, and their gravesites properly respected, maintained and marked.
Canada’s Prisoner of War Handling and Detainees Manual (2004) states with regard to the funeral arrangements for prisoners of war: “Their graves are [to be] respected, suitably maintained and marked so that they may be found at any time.”
Canada, Prisoner of War Handling, Detainees, Interrogation and Tactical Questioning in International Operations, B-GJ-005-110/FP-020, National Defence Headquarters, 1 August 2004, § 3F17.5.c(2).
Canada’s LOAC Manual (1999) provides: “The Geneva Conventions impose certain obligations on Detaining Powers with regard to burial and reporting of dead personnel belonging to the adverse party.”
The manual further states: “One half of a double disc, or the identity disc itself if it is a single disc, should remain on the body.”
Canada, The Law of Armed Conflict at the Operational and Tactical Level, Office of the Judge Advocate General, 1999, p. 9-6, § 57.
Canada’s Code of Conduct (2001) provides: “One half of the double identity disc, or the identity disc itself if it is a single disc, should remain with the body.”
4. One half of the double identity disc, [or] the identity disc itself if it is a single disc, should remain on the body.
Canada, The Law of Armed Conflict at the Operational and Tactical Levels, Office of the Judge Advocate General, 13 August 2001, §§ 924.1 and 925.4.
Canada’s Code of Conduct (2005) states: “One half of the double identity disc, or the identity disc itself if it is a single disc, should remain with the body.”