SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2016, para. 8
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Governments bear the primary responsibility for protecting civilians, and all parties to conflict must refrain from attacking civilian objects. Governments should adopt clear legislation and issue orders to their security forces to protect hospitals, doctors and patients. It is equally important that parties to conflict emphasize that hospitals are neutral civilian spaces and that medical personnel should be free to treat all wounded persons in line with medical ethics and without fear of repercussions.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict