A soldier sits atop a barricade, silhouetted and surrounded by coils of barbed wire
A soldier sits atop a barricade, silhouetted and surrounded by coils of barbed wire The rules of war and human rights in the Israel-Gaza conflict Johns Hopkins human rights expert Len Rubenstein explains how laws governing war apply to health and human rights in the conflict. In this Q+A, legal and human rights expert Len Rubenstein , a distinguished professor of the practice and interim director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses the rules of war and how they apply to the events in Israel and Gaza, and what can and should be done to support health and human rights. He is the author of Perilous Medicine: The Struggle to Protect Health Care from the Violence of War (2021). Note: This situation is fluid. Originally posted on the Bloomberg School of Public Health website , this Q+A was last updated on Oct. First, what are the rules of war in terms of health care?. The rules, known as international humanitarian law , are designed to limit harm to non-combatants in war; they are distinct from the law regarding the legitimacy of going to war.
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