The Role of Legislation in Protecting Health Services During Conflicts and Emergencies
ICRC’s Health Care in Danger initiative focuses on the adoption and implementation of legislation by states to protect health care from violence.
Background
Legislation is a cornerstone in the protection of healthcare services during conflicts and emergencies. It provides a legal framework that safeguards the rights of healthcare providers and patients alike. Through their dedicated efforts, organizations like the ICRC are actively working to ensure that states adopt and implement legislation that protects health care from violence. In doing so, they help create a safer and more secure environment where healthcare services remain accessible, even in the most challenging circumstances.
Targeting Change:
The ICRC’s strategy aims to influence five constituencies to commence legislative change in this regard, with a specific focus on two of the largest ICRC operations. This approach underscores the organization’s commitment to making a tangible impact on the protection of healthcare services worldwide.
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LEGISLATIVE CHECKLIST: PROTECTING HEALTH CARE FROM VIOLENCE
The document presents a list of questions (a checklist or compatibility study) that cover some of the main challenges related to the protection of health care during armed conflict and other emergencies. The objective of this checklist is to provide practitioners with a consolidated overview of their domestic normative framework.
DOMESTIC NORMATIVE FRAMEWORKS FOR THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH CARE
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.
STRENGTHENING NATIONAL FRAMEWORKS FOR THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH CARE WHA SIDE EVENT
Event on protection of healthcare from violence on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly. One particular feature of this event was that the ICRC presented jointly with government representatives from Nigeria, Pakistan and Peru good practices that have been implemented in these countries for better protection of healthcare from violence.