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See also Burial [1]; Graves [2]
 

 OUTLINE

Chapter 7, VII. Provisions on the dead and the missing, introductory text [3]

Chapter 7, VII. 4. Treatment of remains [4]

 LEGAL SOURCE

GC I, Art. 15 [5] (see ICRC updated Commentary [6]), 17 [7] (see ICRC updated Commentary [8])

P I, Art. 34(1) [9] 

CIHL, Rule 113 [10], 115 [11]

 CASES

German Invasion of Crete [12]

Israel, Evacuation of Bodies in Jenin [13]

Israel, The Rafah Case [Paras 46-53] [14]

Iraq, Care for Wounded Enemies [15]

Colombia Peace Agreement [16]

 BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES

ICRC, Missing people, DNAanalysis and identification of human remains: a guide to best practice in armed conflicts and other situations of armed violence, Geneva, ICRC, 2009, 48 p.

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

Links
[1] https://casebook.icrc.org/glossary/burial
[2] https://casebook.icrc.org/glossary/grave
[3] https://casebook.icrc.org/law/wounded-sick-shipwrecked-dead-and-missing#chapter8
[4] https://casebook.icrc.org/law/wounded-sick-shipwrecked-dead-and-missing#vii_4
[5] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=8A4358F7FF38FFABC12563CD00519FAB
[6] https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Comment.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=7BDA3DBA22F405ACC1257F15004A99BA
[7] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=6E2CC750300A2364C12563CD00519FEC
[8] https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Comment.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=3B9DE4D08498C74AC1257F150049F509
[9] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=AA52BFEA7C5C5BC3C12563CD0051DAA3
[10] https://www.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v1_rul_rule113
[11] https://www.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v1_rul_rule115
[12] https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/german-invasion-crete
[13] https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/israel-evacuation-bodies-jenin
[14] https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/israel-rafah-case
[15] https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/iraq-care-wounded-enemies
[16] https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/colombia-peace-agreement