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Read the thing. Art 12 is where you can start.
Art. 12The wounded and sick shall not be MURDERED , exterminated or subjected to torture or biological experiments.Art. 15The wounded and sick shall receive adequate care.Art. 15The wounded and sick shall be protected against pillage and ill treatment.Arts. 15-16All parties in a conflict must search for and collect the wounded and sick, especially after battle, and provide the information concerning them to the Central Tracing and Protection Agency of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).The Second Geneva Convention.
Arts. 12, 18This Convention mandates that parties in battle take all possible measures to search for, collect and care for the wounded, sick and shipwrecked. “Shipwrecked” refers to anyone who is adrift for any reason, including those forced to land at sea or to parachute from damaged aircraft.
Arts. 15-16All parties in a conflict must search for and collect the wounded and sick, especially after battle, and provide the information concerning them to the Central Tracing and Protection Agency of the International Comm.
AGAIN go get a third grader to read it and enplane it to you.
No, terrorists are generally not directly covered as protected persons under the Geneva Conventions because they aren't part of recognized state armed forces or civilians not participating in hostilities, often falling under categories like "unlawful combatants" or "unprivileged belligerents," meaning they don't automatically get POW status.
