Report on resolution 4:
– Date: 03.03.2020
– Country: The Republic of Korea
– Type of entity: State
– What legislative, regulatory and practical measures have you adopted and implemented domestically to ensure the protection of the wounded and sick, health-care personnel, facilities and medical transport, as well as their identification (including through the distinctive emblems)? What about the measures to ensure the violations of international law related to the protection of health-care delivery are effectively sanctioned? Which ministry, government agency, legislative or regulatory organ has been responsible for implementing these measures?
There are several measures for the protection of healthcare personnel, including: renovation of bloodmobile buses taking into account the movement of nurses and blood donors as well as the placement of medical facilities; procurement of special protective gear for the safety of healthcare providers responding to outbreaks of infectious diseases such as MERS; and regular training of relevant personnel regarding the medical waste disposal conducted by government contractors, in accordance with the relevant laws.
– Which concrete actions have you conducted to collect and analyze data related to violence against health care? How did you use this information to develop practical measures to address such violence?
N/A
– Which actions have you undertaken to enhance the understanding by health care personnel of their rights and responsibilities resulting from applicable law and to ensure that they can safely fulfil their medical duties in line with their professional codes of ethics?
N/A
– How have you been cooperating across various Ministries of Government, and with other relevant stakeholders, including the Red Cross Red Crescent Societies, health-care professional associations and civil society, in your country to increase the safety of provision of and access to health care?
N/A
– How do you ensure that the protection of the wounded and sick and healthcare services is integrated into training, doctrine and operational orders and procedures for your armed and security forces whether at the national level or in the context of international operations they are contributing to?
Every soldiers receives biannual training in LOAC (Law of Armed Conflict), including IHL. Commanders receive additional training in LOAC, including IHL. In every case of enactment and revision of laws and regulations and related provisions, there is a prior review conducted by the General Counsel in the Ministry of National Defense (MND), the Legal Affairs Division of the Joint Chief of Staff (JCS), Army, Navy, and Air Force.
– Country: The Republic of Korea
– Type of entity: State
– What legislative, regulatory and practical measures have you adopted and implemented domestically to ensure the protection of the wounded and sick, health-care personnel, facilities and medical transport, as well as their identification (including through the distinctive emblems)? What about the measures to ensure the violations of international law related to the protection of health-care delivery are effectively sanctioned? Which ministry, government agency, legislative or regulatory organ has been responsible for implementing these measures?
There are several measures for the protection of healthcare personnel, including: renovation of bloodmobile buses taking into account the movement of nurses and blood donors as well as the placement of medical facilities; procurement of special protective gear for the safety of healthcare providers responding to outbreaks of infectious diseases such as MERS; and regular training of relevant personnel regarding the medical waste disposal conducted by government contractors, in accordance with the relevant laws.
– Which concrete actions have you conducted to collect and analyze data related to violence against health care? How did you use this information to develop practical measures to address such violence?
N/A
– Which actions have you undertaken to enhance the understanding by health care personnel of their rights and responsibilities resulting from applicable law and to ensure that they can safely fulfil their medical duties in line with their professional codes of ethics?
N/A
– How have you been cooperating across various Ministries of Government, and with other relevant stakeholders, including the Red Cross Red Crescent Societies, health-care professional associations and civil society, in your country to increase the safety of provision of and access to health care?
N/A
– How do you ensure that the protection of the wounded and sick and healthcare services is integrated into training, doctrine and operational orders and procedures for your armed and security forces whether at the national level or in the context of international operations they are contributing to?
Every soldiers receives biannual training in LOAC (Law of Armed Conflict), including IHL. Commanders receive additional training in LOAC, including IHL. In every case of enactment and revision of laws and regulations and related provisions, there is a prior review conducted by the General Counsel in the Ministry of National Defense (MND), the Legal Affairs Division of the Joint Chief of Staff (JCS), Army, Navy, and Air Force.
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