IRRC No. 270

Synopsis IX: Respect for the human being in the Geneva Conventions

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The persons protected by the Geneva Conventions must be accorded respect in the first place because they are human beings. But they also are entitled to a certain degree of respect in their capacity as individuals, soldiers, nationals of a foreign State and, to a certain extent, as combatants.

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