IRRC No. 889

Violence against health care (I)

12 articles

IRRC No. 889 Violence against health care (I)

12 articles

Patients and health-care personnel alike face extraordinary risks in today's armed conflicts and other emergencies. Part I of this thematic issue focuses on patterns of attacks against health care, based on results from health-related data collection and field studies. It also outlines the legal and ethical frameworks applicable to the provision of health care. Part II will focus on the legal, operational or policy measures that can be taken to improve access to medical care in volatile contexts.

Table of contents

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Editorial: Violence against health care – Giving in is not an option

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Interview with Walter T. Gwenigale, Minister of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of Liberia

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Violence against health care: insights from Afghanistan, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Making sense of apparent chaos: health-care provision in six country case studies

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The role of health-related data in promoting the security of health care in armed conflict and other emergencies

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In conversation with the members of the National Permanent Roundtable for the Respect of the Medical Mission in Colombia

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The legal framework applicable to insecurity and violence affecting the delivery of health care in armed conflicts and other emergencies

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States’ obligations to mitigate the direct and indirect health consequences of non-international armed conflicts: complementarity of IHL and the right to health

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A human rights approach to health care in conflict

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Medical ethics in peacetime and wartime: the case for a better understanding

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Can the incidental killing of military doctors never be excessive?

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