Thursday, July 24, 2014

New Issue: International Review of the Red Cross

The latest issue of the International Review of the Red Cross (Vol. 95, no. 889, Spring 2013) is out. The theme is "Violence against health care Part I: The problem and the law." Contents include:
  • Interview
    • Interview with Walter T. Gwenigale - Minister of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of Liberia
  • Research Articles
    • Fiona Terry, Violence against health care: insights from Afghanistan, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
    • Enrico Pavignani, Markus Michael, Maurizio Murru, Mark E. Beesley & Peter S. Hill, Making sense of apparent chaos: health-care provision in six country case studies
    • Robin Coupland, The role of health-related data in promoting the security of health care in armed conflict and other emergencies
    • In conversation with the members of the National Permanent Roundtable for the Respect of the Medical Mission in Colombia
    • Alexander Breitegger, The legal framework applicable to insecurity and violence affecting the delivery of health care in armed conflicts and other emergencies
    • Amrei Müller, States' obligations to mitigate the direct and indirect health consequences of non-international armed conflicts: complementarity of IHL and the right to health
    • Katherine H. A. Footer & Leonard S. Rubenstein, A human rights approach to health care in conflict
    • Vivienne Nathanson, Medical ethics in peacetime and wartime: the case for a better understanding
    • Laurent Gisel, Can the incidental killing of military doctors never be excessive?