, Jan. 21 -- Ten years after the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2286, which condemned attacks on health care and called for an end to impunity, attacks on medical care in armed conflicts have reached record levels, according to a new Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) report.
Instead of better complying with international humanitarian law, respecting civilian lives, ensuring accountability, and reversing the culture of impunity, warring parties - including states - are increasingly shirking their obligations to protect medical facilities, staff, patients, and vehicles.
MSF's new report, "Medical Care in the Crosshairs," draws figures from existing international databases and MSF's own experience w...
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