Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C01093:schedule:5:p19
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C01093
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 5 (pt 19/59)
Character Range: 408419–411136

to the gravesites by relatives of the deceased and by representatives of official graves registration services and to regulate the practical arrangements for such access;
     (b) to protect and maintain such gravesites permanently;
     (c) to facilitate the return of the remains of the deceased and of personal effects to the home country upon its request or, unless that country objects, upon the request of the next of kin.
 3. In the absence of the agreements provided for in paragraph 2 (b) or (c) and if the home country of such deceased is not willing to arrange at its expense for the maintenance of such gravesites, the High Contracting Party in whose territory the gravesites are situated may offer to facilitate the return of the remains of the deceased to the home country. Where such an offer has not been accepted the High Contacting Party may, after the expiry of five years from the date of the offer and upon due notice to the home country, adopt the arrangements laid down in its own laws relating to cemeteries and graves.
 4. A High Contracting Party in whose territory the gravesites referred to in this Article are situated shall be permitted to exhume the remains only:
     (a) in accordance with paragraphs 2 (c) and 3, or
     (b) where exhumation is a matter of overriding public necessity, including cases of medical and investigative necessity, in which case the High Contracting Party shall at all times respect the remains, and shall give notice to the home country of its intention to exhume the remains together with details of the intended place of reinterment.

PART III
METHODS AND MEANS OF WARFARE COMBATANT AND PRISONER‑OF‑WAR STATUS
SECTION I
METHODS AND MEANS OF WARFARE

Article 35—Basic rules
 1. In any armed conflict, the right of the Parties to the conflict to choose methods or means of warfare is not unlimited.
 2. It is prohibited to employ weapons, projectiles and material and methods of warfare of a nature to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering.
 3. It is prohibited to employ methods or means of warfare which are intended, or may be expected, to cause widespread, long‑term and severe damage to the natural environment.

Article 36—New weapons
 In the study, development, acquisition or adoption of a new weapon, means or method of warfare, a High Contracting Party is under an obligation to determine whether its employment would, in some or all circumstances, be prohibited by this Protocol or by any other rule of international law applicable to the High Contracting Party.

Article 37—Prohibition of perfidy
 1. It is prohibited to kill, injure or capture an adversary by resort to perfidy. Acts inviting the confidence of an adversary to