Domestic normative framework for the protection of health care

The present report summarizes the results of the Workshop on Domestic Normative Frameworks for the Protection of Health Care that was held in Brussels from 29 to 31 January 2014, together with the main findings of the background study that was previously conducted by the ICRC Advisory Service on International Humanitarian Law. The workshop was organized jointly by the ICRC, the Belgian Interministerial Commission for Humanitarian Law and the Belgian Red Cross. Participants included civil servants, members of national IHL committees or similar bodies, members of parliament, independent experts and representatives of organizations with expertise in certain issues on the agenda of the workshop.