Humanity on the Battlefield : Between Law and Practice: Exploring the Protection of Medical Units and Healthcare Personnel in Armed Conflicts.
Journal: KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
Year: 2025

The aim of this thesis has been to address the obligations of sovereign states under two different bodies of law. Namely, IHL and IHRL, which are two sets of rules providing a number of legal rights to medical units and healthcare personnel in times of conflict. A legal dogmatic method with the inclusion of the theory of normative coherence has been applied throughout the essay to answer the question this thesis poses. In armed conflict, when hospitals are damaged or destroyed and healthcare per