Obligations of all parties to the conflict
Providing the wounded and the sick with medical care and attention:
➪ As far as practicable➪ With the least possible delay
➪ Without discrimination
Responsibilities of health-care personnel
➪ Treating the wounded and the sick humanely➪ Not abandoning the wounded and the sick
➪ Advocating and providing effective and impartial care without distinction
Rights of health-care personnel
➪ Right to demand assistance from the authoritiesObligations of all parties to the conflict
➪ Whenever circumstances permit, and particularly after fighting, all parties to armed conflicts must, without delay, take all possible measures to search for, collect and evacuate the wounded and the sick without adverse distinction.Responsibilities of health-care personnel
➪ Assisting the authoritiesRights of health-care personnel
➪ Right to remind the authorities of their dutyObligations of all parties to the conflict
➪ Not ill-treating, attacking, killing or otherwise harming the wounded and the sick and medical personnel➪ Not attacking medical units, facilities and transports
Responsibilities of health-care personnel
➪ Not taking part in any act of hostility➪ Not posing an immediate threat to the lives or the physical integrity of others
➪ Not taking undue risks while discharging their duties.
Rights of health-care personnel
➪ Right to be protectedObligations of all parties to the conflict
Taking measures to protect medical units from attacks and foceful interference by:
➪ Ensuring a safe location➪ Avoiding armed entry
➪ Ensuring essential needs
➪ Ensuring respect by third persons
➪ Protecting the wounded and the sick from ill-treatment and pillaging
Responsibilities of health-care personnel
➪ Persuading authorities to recognize their obligations➪ Persuading authorities to prevent reprisals
Obligations of all parties to the conflict
➪ Respecting the right of access to health-care infrastructure, goods and services on a non-discriminatory basis➪ Not arbitrarily denying or restricting the passage of medical personnel and supplies
➪ Permitting, facilitating and ensuring rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief (impartial and provided without distinction for civilians in need)
Rights of health-care personnel
➪ Right to remind authorities to give them access to the wounded and the sickObligations of all parties to the conflict
➪ Guaranteeing respect for health-care ethics➪ Not harrasing or punishing medical personnel for respecting health-care ethics
➪ Not compelling medical personnel to disobey health-care ethics
➪ Not punishing medical personnel who refuse to obey orders incompatible with the law
Responsibilities of health-care personnel
➪ Ensuring that their practices are compatible with international humanitarian law, human rights law, and health-care ethicsRights of health-care personnel
➪ Refusing to obey orders that do not comply with the law or with health-care ethics➪ Continuing their professional work while in detention
Other responsibilities of health-care personnel, mainly dictated by health-care ethics
➪ Treating the dying and the dead humanely and in a sensitive manner➪ Avoiding scientific experiments on corpses without genuine and valid consent
➪ Paying attention to gender and age-related needs
➪ Shielding the sick and the wounded and the dying and the dead from public curiosity and media attention
➪ Ensuring that pertinent data are collected and not disclosing personal information, unless compelled to do so by law
➪ Respecting the right of families’to know the fate of their relatives
➪ Not exploiting the situation or the vulnerability of the wounded and the sick for personal gain
➪ Reporting the outbreak of any notifiable disease or condition to the authorities
➪ Respecting the right of families’to know the fate of their relatives
➪ Not exploiting the situation or the vulnerability of the wounded and the sick for personal gain
➪ Reporting the outbreak of any notifiable disease or condition to the authorities