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2024-05-07 07:28:02 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: AF42C6F2BD684C0A0B11885A2D6EB1348E06F23BC6DC5116174DADEEF7766588
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Original Note:
According to Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions, a person is hors de combat if "they clearly express an intention to surrender", but only in the case that "they abstain from any hostile act and do not attempt to escape". A fleeing combatant is not surrendering. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hors_de_combat https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/protocol-additional-geneva-conventions-12-august-1949-and#article-41--safeguard-of-an-enemy-hors-de-combat
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