Protection of the wounded and sick, medical personnel and humanitarian personnel in armed conflict 2016, para. 9
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Recalling also the obligation under international humanitarian law to distinguish between civilian populations and combatants, and the prohibition against indiscriminate attacks, and the obligations to do everything feasible to verify that the objectives to be attacked are neither civilians nor civilian objects and are not subject to special protection, including medical personnel their means of transport and equipment, and hospitals and other medical facilities, and recalling further the obligation to take all feasible precautions with a view to avoiding and in any event minimizing harm to civilians and civilian objects,
Legal status
Legally binding
Body
United Nations Security Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2016
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
UNSC resolution, Protection of the wounded and sick, medical personnel and humanitarian personnel in armed conflict (2016), S/RES/2286, PP 9.