Remains

See also Burial; Graves  

 OUTLINE

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

Chapter 7, VII. 4. Treatment of remains

 LEGAL SOURCE

GC I, Art. 15 (see ICRC updated Commentary), 17 (see ICRC updated Commentary)

P I, Art. 34(1) 

CIHL, Rule 113, 115

 CASES

German Invasion of Crete

Israel, Evacuation of Bodies in Jenin

Israel, The Rafah Case [Paras 46-53]

Iraq, Care for Wounded Enemies

Colombia Peace Agreement

 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.