To: The Australian Government
Protect healthcare workers in conflict zones
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We, the undersigned members and supporters of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), call on the Australian Government to take immediate and decisive action to protect healthcare workers, hospitals, and humanitarian workers in conflict zones. Such crimes cannot be ignored.
We call on the Australian Government to use its voice, influence, and diplomatic power to ensure that hospitals remain safe havens, and that healthcare personnel are protected no matter where they serve.
The ANMF urges the Australian Government to:
We call on the Australian Government to use its voice, influence, and diplomatic power to ensure that hospitals remain safe havens, and that healthcare personnel are protected no matter where they serve.
The ANMF urges the Australian Government to:
- Publicly condemn all attacks on healthcare facilities and healthcare workers, and demand accountability for perpetrators.
- Support stronger enforcement of international humanitarian law, including at the United Nations and other global forums.
- Increase humanitarian aid and medical assistance to affected regions, ensuring essential supplies and personnel can safely reach those in need.
- Work with international partners to investigate and prosecute those responsible for war crimes targeting healthcare.
- Demand a global commitment that healthcare is never a target.
Why is this important?
Across the world, including in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine, and other war-torn regions, healthcare facilities are being deliberately targeted, Nurses, midwives, doctors and aid workers risk their lives daily to deliver lifesaving care, yet they are being bombed, abducted, or killed simply for doing their jobs. These attacks violate international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions, which clearly mandate the protection of civilians, medical staff, the wounded and sick, and humanitarian workers in times of war.
Nurses and midwives in Australia stand in solidarity with our colleagues on the frontlines. We cannot remain silent while the principles of neutrality and humanity, the very foundations of healthcare, are being shredded.
Nurses and midwives in Australia stand in solidarity with our colleagues on the frontlines. We cannot remain silent while the principles of neutrality and humanity, the very foundations of healthcare, are being shredded.
