The Manual classifies shipwrecked persons as hors\ de\ combat and therefore protected from attack:
"Persons who have been incapacitated by... shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack." (§ 5.9.4)
The Manual classifies shipwrecked persons as hors\ de\ combat and therefore protected from attack:
"Persons who have been incapacitated by... shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack." (§ 5.9.4)