HEALTH CARE IN DANGER
THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Marica Tamanini
Roger Fríguls Francitorra
Lila Schneider-Beuchat
Előd Balázs & Francisco Javier Cueto Avellaneda
Vincent Sautenet
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HCiD campaign team
Bruce Eshaya-Chauvin
Pierre Gentile
Adam Beaumont - Roger
Alex Benedict - Ana
David Michael Maizlish - Boss
Nicola Eva Fell - Narrator
Sarah Fleming - Julia
Nicola Eva Fell
Pablo J. Garmón
Le Studio des Arts
The ICRC, established in 1863, works worldwide to provide humanitarian help for people affected by conflict and armed violence and to promote the laws that protect victims of war. An independent and neutral organization, its mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, it employs some 12,000 people in 80 countries; it is financed mainly by voluntary donations from governments and from national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies. Within the Department of International Law and Cooperation (DC), the Division for the Integration and Promotion of the Law (IPL) is dedicated to fostering understanding and acceptance of the ICRC's work and respect for the relevant normative framework applicable to situations of armed conflict and other situations of violence. The Division’s target audiences are national authorities, security and armed forces, as well as select segments of civil society such as humanitarian practitioners and academics. The ‘Health Care in Danger: The legal framework’ e-learning module is an integral part of the HCiD Campaign, a project of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement aimed at improving the efficiency and delivery of effective and impartial health care in armed conflict and other emergencies. The Campaign’s aim is to mobilise a range of experts to develop a series of practical measures that can be implemented in the field by decision-makers, humanitarian organizations and health professionals.
The case studies used in this module were based on existing public ICRC documents and developed for training purposes. They are intended to illustrate concrete humanitarian problems and related legal issues concerning health care during armed conflict and other emergencies; they do not represent established policies or current practices in any of the countries mentioned.