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the exact location and markings of the graves, together with particulars of the dead interredtherein. 1597.8 RESPECT AND PROTECTION OF CATEGORIES OF MEDICAL AND RELIGIOUS PERSONNELCertain categories of medical and religious personnel shall be respected and protectedduring military operations.7.8.1 Categories of Persons Who Are Entitled to Respect and Protection as Medical andReligious Personnel on the Battlefield. The categories of persons who are entitled to respect andprotection as medical and religious personnel during military operations include:• military medical and religious personnel, including 160o medical personnel exclusively engaged in medical duties; 161o administrative staff exclusively engaged in support to medical units; 162 ando chaplains attached to the armed forces; 163• auxiliary medical personnel, if they are carrying out their medical duties at the time whenthey come into contact with the enemy or fall into the enemy’s hands; 164• authorized staff of voluntary aid societies; 165• staff of a recognized aid society of a neutral country; 166 and• the religious, medical, and hospital personnel of hospital ships and their crews. 167159 GWS art. 17 (“As soon as circumstances permit, and at latest at the end of hostilities, these Services shallexchange, through the Information Bureau mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 16, lists showing the exactlocation and markings of the graves, together with particulars of the dead interred therein.”).160 GWS art. 24 (“Medical personnel exclusively engaged in the search for, or the collection, transport or treatmentof the wounded or sick, or in the prevention of disease, staff exclusively engaged in the administration of medicalunits and establishments, as well as chaplains attached to the armed forces, shall be respected and protected in allcircumstances.”). Refer to § 4.9 (Military Medical and Religious Personnel).161 Refer to § 4.9.1.1 (Medical Personnel Exclusively Engaged in Medical Duties).162 Refer to § 4.9.1.2 (Staff Exclusively Engaged in Support to Medical Units and Establishments).163 Refer to § 4.9.1.3 (Chaplains Attached to the Armed Forces).164 GWS art. 25 (“Members of the armed forces specially trained for employment, should the need arise, as hospitalorderlies, nurses or auxiliary stretcher-bearers, in the search for or the collection, transport or treatment of thewounded and sick shall likewise be respected and protected if they are carrying out these duties at the time whenthey come into contact with the enemy or fall into his hands.”). Refer to § 4.13 (Auxiliary Medical Personnel).165 Refer to § 4.11 (Authorized Staff of Voluntary Aid Societies).166 Refer to § 4.12 (Staff of a Recognized Aid Society of a Neutral Country).435

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