![]() ![]() In particular, opinions diverge on whether the customary prohibition covers capturing enemy personnel: for example, the US takes the narrower view that it does not, while the ICRC has taken the opposite broader view. Although the prohibition is generally understood to exist also under customary international law, not all of its elements are universally considered to have crystallized into custom. ![]() The prohibition of perfidy, as defined in AP I, covers the killing, injuring or capturing of an adversary by resort to acts inviting the confidence of an adversary to lead him to believe that he is entitled to, or is obliged to accord, protection under the rules of international law applicable in armed conflict, with intent to betray that confidence.
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