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VII –Wounded, Sick, Shipwrecked, Dead, and the Medical ServicesChapter Contents7.1 Introduction7.2 Application of the Protections of the GWS and GWS-Sea7.3 Respect and Protection of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked7.4 Search, Collection, and Affirmative Protection of the Wounded, Sick,Shipwrecked, and Dead7.5 Humane Treatment and Care of Enemy Military Wounded, Sick, andShipwrecked in the Power of a Party to the Conflict7.6 Accountability Information From the Enemy Military Wounded, Sick,Shipwrecked, and Dead7.7 Treatment and Handling of Enemy Military Dead7.8 Respect and Protection of Categories of Medical and Religious Personnel7.9 Captured Medical and Religious Personnel7.10 Military Medical Units and Facilities7.11 Ground Transports of the Wounded and Sick, or of Medical Equipment7.12 Hospital Ships, Sick-Bays in Warships, and Coastal Rescue Craft7.13 Chartered Medical Transport Ships7.14 Military Medical Aircraft7.15 Display of the Distinctive Emblem to Facilitate Identification7.16 Protection of Civilians Who Are Wounded, Sick, Infirm, or ExpectantMothers7.17 Civilian Hospitals and Their Personnel7.18 Land and Sea Civilian Hospital Convoys7.19 Civilian Medical Aircraft7.20 AP I Provisions on the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked7.1 INTRODUCTIONThis Chapter addresses the protection of the wounded, sick, shipwrecked, and dead, bothon the battlefield and after having fallen into the hands of the enemy during international armedconflict. It also addresses the rights, duties, and liabilities of military medical and religiouspersonnel, and the protection of military medical units, facilities, and transports. Lastly, itaddresses the protection of civilians who are wounded, sick, infirm, or maternity cases, andcivilian hospitals.Hospital and safety zones are addressed in Chapter V. 1 Rights and obligations of neutralStates with respect to the wounded, sick, and shipwrecked are addressed in Chapter XV. 2 Rules1 Refer to § 5.14.3 (Establishing Areas Where Civilians or the Wounded and Sick Are Protected).2 Refer to § 15.3.2.4 (Authorized Humanitarian Assistance Is Not a Violation of Neutrality); § 15.5.2.1 (Exceptionfor Authorized Medical Personnel); § 15.16.2 (Neutral Reception of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked); § 15.18(Authorized Passage of Wounded and Sick Combatants Through Neutral Territory).410

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