… Three new HCiD publications bring together important steps non-State armed … drivers can take to improve access to health care and make its delivery safer. Too often, …
… 2012 to December 2013, ICRC documented 1,809 incidents of assaults or threats against patients, health-care personnel, ambulances or medical …
… that survived because the ambulance he was being transported in was fast-tracked at a … of the stories told by the new set of five Health Care in Danger posters. Based on real cases, …
… gave access to Red Cross volunteers during a riot – this is one of the stories told by the new set of five Health Care in Danger posters. Based on real cases, …
… gave access to Red Crescent volunteers in a riot – this is one of the stories told by the new set of five Health Care in Danger posters. Based on real cases, …
… This Health Care in Danger report compiles a complete set of …
… It first travelled to Stockholm to take part in the 150th anniversary celebrations of the … media. A round-table on the safety of Swedish health-care personnel was also organized, and …
… treat first, a civilian or a combatant? Under international humanitarian law all wounded … Similarly, when cooperating with local health-care systems or treating local populations, …
… of the serious consequences of violence against health-care workers and facilities. Similarly, other …
… On 3 October 2015, Médecins Sans Frontières' hospital in Kunduz, … bombed. 30 people were killed – including 13 health-care workers – and 37 injured. MSF declares …
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International humanitarian law is based on a number of treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, and a series of other instruments.
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.
