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Persons, whether military or civilian, who are in peril at sea or in other waters as a result of misfortune affecting them or the vessel or aircraft carrying them and who refrain from any act of hostility.
These persons, provided that they continue to refrain from any act of hostility, continue to be considered shipwrecked during their rescue until they acquire another status (wounded [1], sick [2], prisoner of war [3]).
 
See also Wounded and Sick [1]; Hospital ships [4];
 

 OUTLINE

Chapter 7, II. Respect, protection and care for wounded, sick and shipwrecked [5]

 LEGAL SOURCE

GCII, 12 [6] (see ICRC updated Commentary [7]), 21 [8] (see ICRC updated Commentary [9])

PI, 8/b [10], 9 [11], 10 [12]

PII, 7 [13], 8 [14]

CIHL, 109 [15]-111 [16]

 DOCUMENT

German Invasion of Crete [17]

British Policy Towards German Shipwrecked [18]

 CASES

Israel, Navy Sinks Dinghy off Lebanon [19]

British Military Court at Hamburg, The Peleus Trial [20]

Gaza: Health situation in the Gaza Strip [21]

Sri Lanka, Naval War against Tamil Tigers [22]

 BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES

SOLF Waldemar A., “Development of the Protection of the Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked under the Protocols Additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions”, in Studies and Essays on International Humanitarian Law and Red Cross Principles in Honour of Jean Pictet, Geneva/The Hague, ICRC/M. Nijhoff, 1984, pp. 237-248

Source URL: https://casebook.icrc.org/glossary/shipwrecked

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[1] https://casebook.icrc.org/glossary/wounded-and-sick
[2] https://casebook.icrc.org/glossary/sick
[3] https://casebook.icrc.org/glossary/prisoners-war
[4] https://casebook.icrc.org/glossary/hospital-ship
[5] https://casebook.icrc.org/law/wounded-sick-shipwrecked-dead-and-missing#chapter3
[6] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=A30C39F7F85D71CDC12563CD0051A5CF
[7] https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Comment.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=8BE9FEA9E6F5A570C1258115003BDB83
[8] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=1D265F8D7771BCB2C12563CD0051A69F
[9] https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Comment.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=A3CF88F0F10C9ABEC1258115003C71BE
[10] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=F8579DB5D12F282FC12563CD0051D717
[11] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=7439E453D5D867FEC12563CD0051D771
[12] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=6EAD04662456DA32C12563CD0051D78D
[13] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=19B84A81B450AA6EC12563CD0051E826
[14] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=BDE27D8B033BE79DC12563CD0051E837
[15] https://www.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v1_rul_rule109
[16] https://www.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v1_rul_rule111
[17] https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/german-invasion-crete
[18] https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/british-policy-towards-german-shipwrecked
[19] https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/israel-navy-sinks-dinghy-lebanon
[20] https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/british-military-court-hamburg-peleus-trial
[21] https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/gaza-health-situation-gaza-strip
[22] https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/sri-lanka-naval-war-against-tamil-tigers