It outlines the obligations that all parties to the conflict have towards the non-combatant population; in particular the prohibition of torture and cruel and inhuman treatment, the prohibition of taking hostages, the obligation to care for the sick and the wounded, and to treat enemy combatants in their custody humanely.
It outlines the obligations that all parties to the conflict have towards the non-combatant population; in particular the prohibition of torture and cruel and inhuman treatment, the prohibition of taking hostages, the obligation to care for the sick and the wounded, and to treat enemy combatants in their custody humanely.