Combatants also are entitled to protection. The Additional Protocols say that:

• Suffering inflicted on an opponent must not go beyond what is necessary to achieve a legitimate military objective.
• Combatants no longer capable of fighting may not be attacked.
• In an international conflict, captured combatants must be presumed to be prisoners of war, and are therefore entitled to protection under the Geneva Conventions.
• Prisoners of war who cannot be cared for must be set free.

Statements made and opinions expressed in these short films are those of the people interviewed and not necessarily those of the ICRC.
Images: ICRC (Nadège images, ICRC and Médecins Sans Frontières.)

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