Domestic Normative Frameworks for the Protection of Health Care
05-02-2015 PublicationRef. 4215
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This publication presents a number of recommendations for States – legislative measures and procedures in particular – to help them implement those aspects of international law that protect the provision of health care during conflicts and other emergencies.
The following areas are the focus of attention:
- improving legal protection for patients and health personnel and facilities
- ensuring proper use of the distinctive emblems
- providing legal protection for safeguarding medical ethics and confidentiality
- dealing effectively with violations of the rules protecting the provision of health care.
The recommendations grew out of the Health Care in Danger workshop held in Brussels in 2014, and draw on ICRC research into the legal frameworks of 39 countries. A guidance document accompanies this publication; it is contained in Annex XIX to the Manual on The Domestic Implementation of International Humanitarian Law.
