Uluslararası insancıl hukukta tıbbi etik

Protecting human life is the common goal of Medical Ethics and International Humanitarian Law (IHL). Within the framework of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), Medical ethics plays an important role in protecting the wounded and sick affected by armed conflicts and providing health services without discrimination. In this study, the obligation to provide health services in armed conflict zones impartially and without discrimination, the prohibition of attacks on patients, wounded and healthcare personnel, the protection of healthcare facilities and the prevention of misuse of healthcare tools by the parties to the conflict, the ethical responsibilities of state and non-state actors in the conflict zone and the problems that arise in practice in conflict zones are discussed. The problem in today's armed conflicts is not the legal and principled problems in IHL rules and medical ethics, but the problems in their implementation. In fact, it is possible to reduce the problems by providing training to healthcare personnel and parties to the conflict in the conflict zone and by introducing some local regulations regarding their behavior.