Security

The passing of Resolution 2286 marked a moment of “hope,” and was accompanied by a proliferation of initiatives to report and monitor attacks on medical and humanitarian missions.

In recent years, there has been growing concern among humanitarian actors, donors and policy-makers about the impact of counter-terrorism legislation on humanitarian work. There are numerous cases in which the work of humanitarian organisations has been affected by this body of (national and international) law.

This article aims to outline the risks to which medical humanitarian action in conflict zones, in particular Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is exposed. Tigray is a painful and open example of the risks we face.

International Peace Institute (IPI), New York

his report summarises the findings from the internal investigation of the attack on the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported Abs rural hospital in the Hajjah governorate in Yemen.

Following the 27 April 2016 attack, this report aims to describe the bombardment on Basel Aslan (Al Quds) hospital and to illustrate the humanitarian consequences on the population in the wake of the long-term trend of attacks on medical facilities in East Aleppo.

On 10 January 2016, the Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) supported Shiara hospital in Northern Yemen was hit by a projectile, causing the death of six people and resulting in another injured, all of them civilians. The MSF internal investigation into the attack was finalised on 15 March 2016, and revealed that there was no justifiable or legitimate reason behind the attack.