Protection of the wounded and sick, medical personnel and humanitarian personnel in armed conflict 2016, para. 19
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Noting that medical personnel, and humanitarian personnel exclusively engaged in medical duties, in an armed conflict situation, continue to be under a duty to provide competent medical service in full professional and moral independence, with compassion and respect for human dignity, and always to bear in mind human life and to act in the patient's best interest and stressing the need to uphold their respective professional codes of ethics, and further noting the applicable rules of international humanitarian law relating to the non-punishment of any person for carrying out medical activities compatible with medical ethics,
Legal status
Legally binding
Body
United Nations Security Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Health
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 19.