Chapter 2: The beneficiaries
ACTIVITY: LEARNING ABOUT EXCEPTIONS
How would you react if you were Julia?
We need to protect ourselves and our patients. Such measures are allowed by law and do not endanger our status.
These acts are harmful to the enemy and our personnel could be targeted. We need to resolve this issue immediately.
Correct answer!
Certain acts are not considered to lead to the loss of protection. In particular, medical personnel enjoy immunity from direct attacks even when:
They carry light individual weapons to defend themselves or the wounded and the sick in their charge.
They are escorted by military personnel.
They retain small arms and ammunitions taken from the wounded and the sick until they can hand them – the weapons − over to the competent authorities.
Incorrect answer!
Certain acts are not considered to lead to the loss of protection. In particular, medical personnel enjoy immunity from direct attacks even when:
They carry light individual weapons to defend themselves or the wounded and the sick in their charge.
They are escorted by military personnel.
They retain small arms and ammunitions taken from the wounded and the sick until they can hand them – the weapons − over to the competent authorities.