title: Protection of medical personnel in armed conflicts-case study: Afghanistan.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  International humanitarian law affords special protection to medical property and personnel whose mission is to save lives and provide health care for civilians and combatants alike.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This paper presents the legal aspects of medical-personnel protection in armed conflicts. Presented below are examples of the Afghanistan analyses where, as a result of war situations, people are most vulnerable. Discussed are the minimum protection and standards applicable to such situations specified by the international humanitarian law.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Its rules and provisions obligate fighting parties to take all necessary measures to protect and respect medical missions in all circumstances.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Economics and Law in Kielce, Jagiellońska 109a, 25-734 Kielce, Poland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goniewicz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goniewicz
keywords: Law of armed conflict; Military medicine; Protection of medical personnel
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