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Prohibition on the use of certain booby-traps     Article 6:
Prohibition on the use of certain booby-traps      1. Without
prejudice to the rules of international law applicable in armed
conflict relating to treachery and perfidy, it is prohibited in
all circumstances to use: (a) any booby-trap in the form of an
apparently harmless portable object which is specifically
designed and constructed to contain explosive material and to
detonate when it is disturbed or approached, or (b) booby-traps
which are in any way attached to or associated with:      (i)
internationally recognized protective emblems, signs or signals;
(ii) sick, wounded or dead persons;     (iii) burial or
cremation sites or graves;     (iv) medical facilities, medical
equipment, medical supplies or medical transportation;     (v)
children's toys or other portable objects or products specially
designed for the feeding, health, hygiene, clothing or education
of children;     (v