CfP : Medical Neutrality in Theory and Practice
The ICMM Center of Reference for Education on IHL and Ethics in cooperation with the Medical Services Directorate of the Swiss Armed Forces and theZH Center for Military Medical Ethics at Zurich University convene their joint 12th Workshop on Military Medical Ethics.
15-17 June 2023 | Hybrid Workshop (on site and via zoom) at Hotel Seaside in Spiez (Switzerland)
Topic
During armed conflicts and other emergencies, medical services shall not be interfered with. This is the main tenet of what has been labelled “medical neutrality”. This principle is grounded in International Humanitarian Law as well as in Human Rights Law and it can be justified by ethical rationales such as the principle of Humanity and ordinary medical ethics. Health workers often understand medical neutrality as an obligation not to engage in anything else other than medical outcomes.
Medical neutrality is often disrespected: Health care providers and health facilities are under attack, laws sanction the provision of health care to so-called insurgents or terrorists, health care is withold or provided according to non-medical criteria, and philosophers have questioned that health care can always be provided without considering the moral status of those to whom it is provided.
Our workshop shall provide an opportunity to discuss medical neutrality and the related concepts like impartiality from a variety of perspectives.
For further information feel free to contact Daniel Messelken (messelken@ethik.uzh.ch)
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