Rules of War
Rule 1: Warring nations cannot use chemical weapons against each other.An expanding bullet, upon impact, mushrooms within the body.
Rule 2: The use of expanding bullets or materials calculated to cause unnecessary
suffering is prohibited.
Rule 3: The discharge of projectiles (such as bullets or rockets) from balloons
is prohibited.
Rule 4: Prisoners of war must be humanely treated and protected from violence.
Prisoners cannot be beaten or used for propaganda purposes (to try to change
the way people think about something).
Rule 5: Prisoners of war must give their true name and rank or they will lose
their prisoner of war protection.
Rule 6: Nations must follow procedures to identify the dead and wounded and
to send information to their families.
Rule 7: Killing anyone who has surrendered is prohibited.
Rule 8: Zones must be set up in fighting areas to which the sick and injured
can be taken for treatment.
Rule 9: Special protection from attack is granted to civilian hospitals marked
with the Red Cross symbol.
Rule 10: The free passage of medical supplies is allowed.
Rule 11: Shipwrecked members of the armed forces at sea should be taken ashore
to safety.
Rule 12: Any army that takes control of another country must provide food to
the people in that country.
Rule 13: Attacks on civilians and undefended towns are prohibited.
Rule 14: Enemy submarines cannot sink merchant or business ships before passengers
and crews have been saved.
Rule 15: A prisoner can be visited by a representative from his or her country.
Prisoners have the right to talk privately without observers.
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