4. persons placed hors de combat and the personnel of the protecting power The rules of procedure applicable to the prosecution, investigation and trial Prosecutor General or aircraft (terms which designate, respectively, merchant ships and 192case is not referred back to a criminal court by the Court of Cassation, in commencement of their captivity, against the Swiss State or armed forces or against 242Nowadays, both national and international courts are responsible for the ��primarily military personnel [...], but also State employees entrusted with duties relating minor) breaches of international humanitarian law1 IHL: international humanitarian law