Introduction Jamie Williamson, (Head of Unit, Relations with Arms Carriers, ICRC)

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Violence Against Healthcare

32 calificaciones

University of Geneva

Violence Against Healthcare

32 calificaciones

At the global level, there are many countries marked by violence affecting health care. The 'Health care in danger' project aims to establish practical measures and recommendations that can be implemented on the ground by policy-makers, humanitarian organizations and health professionals. In view of the multiplicity of actors and latitudes concerned, it is essential to be able to make available the tools needed to make informed decisions, guide behaviour in high-risk areas and provide everyone the means to create and optimize the dialogue between humanitarian professionals and health on the one hand and relevant authorities or other armed actors. This course covers various topics such as ethics, rights and responsibilities of the staff of health and pre-hospital personnel, issues related to international law and humanitarian law, international human rights, caregivers and patient safety as well as the role of communities to address and reduce violence against health care.

De la lección

Module 5 Weapons bearers: military operational practice to ensure safer access to and delivery of health care

This module speaks of the vital role Non-State Armed Groups (NSAGs) play as recipients and providers of health care. This lesson delineates different ways armed groups can pose a threat to the safe provision of health care, but also how armed groups act as health care providers themselves. The lesson also highlights key tools to safeguard the provision of health care in conflict settings, i.a. doctrine, education, trainings, and sanctions, and critically discusses limitations to their applicability.

Introduction Jamie Williamson, (Head of Unit, Relations with Arms Carriers, ICRC)2:53

Conoce a los instructores

Angela Gussing
Regional Director for the Americas
International Committee of the Red Cross
Beat Stoll
Dr
PD, Coordinator of the Master of Science in Global Health, University of Geneva
Esperanza Martinez
Dr, Head of Health
International Committee of the Red Cross
Alexander Breitegger
Legal Adviser
International Committee of the Red Cross
Frederik Siem
Senior Adviser for Health Care in Danger
Norwegian Red Cross (NorCross)
Bruce Eshaya-Chauvin
Dr, Medical Advisor Health Care in Danger Project
International Committee of the Red Cross
Jamie Williamson
Head of Unit, Relations with Arms Carriers
International Committee of the Red Cross
Luigi Fratini
Head of Prevention Cell Unit, Law & Policy department
International Committee of the Red Cross

[MUSIC]

Hello and welcome to Module 5 of this MOOC where we will be looking at military

practice in the protection of healthcare facilities and healthcare personnel.

My name is Jamie Williamson.

And with three of my colleagues, we will be taking you through

the military practice and the practice of non-state armed groups

to improve the protection of healthcare facilities and healthcare personnel.

If we look at the previous module so far and all the materials that you have

been presented, we have given you a huge amount of information with regard to

the legal framework and the applicable international norms in the subject matter.

Our aim in this particular module, is to help you understand how to translate

these issues, these legal norms, into practical realities.

For us civilians, it seems fairly evident, the biggest challenge

however, is how do we translate what could be seen as

extensive legal provisions into practical realities,

into the operational realities of the parties to the armed conflict

During the next few minutes, we will take you through different

practical steps that military personnel as well non-state armed groups can apply

to ensure the protection of healthcare personnel and healthcare facilities.

In so doing, we will be reminding you

of the legal obligations of the party to the armed conflict or

the requirements that they have to apply in times of armed conflict and violence.

We'll also try to guide you through the practical challenges

that many of these parties to the armed conflicts have to overcome to ensure

that these legal norms make sense in the heat of the battlefield.

During this module, we'll be looking at two types of arms carriers.

We'll be looking at the responsibilities and

practical recommendations with regard to state armed forces,

your regular military working alongside their respective governments.

We'll also be looking at the specific problems and issues concerning non-state

armed groups, armed groups who are not affiliated to a government,

who are not part of the regular state armed forces.

We will also refer to two key publications,

which the ICRC has issued over the past few years with

regard to safeguarding provisions of healthcare and

healthcare facilities in times of armed conflict by both

armed forces, as well as non-state armed groups.

[MUSIC]

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