Resolution 4 : Health Care in Danger: Continuing to protect the delivery of health care together | Power of humanity: Red Cross Red Crescent

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Name, position and email of the focal person

Emiko YAMAGUCHI
Deputy Director, Humanitarian Assistance and Emergency Relief Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
emiko.yamaguchi@mofa.go.jp

1. What legislative, regulatory and practical measures have you put in place and implemented domestically to ensure the protection of the wounded and sick, health-care personnel and facilities, medical transport, as well as their identification (including through the distinctive emblems)?

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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?

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2. What concrete actions have you conducted to collect and analyze data related to violence against the wounded and sick, health care personnel and facilities, and medical transport? How did you use this information to develop practical measures to address such violence?

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3. What actions has your government undertaken to enhance the understanding by health care personnel of their rights and responsibilities resulting from applicable law?

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What specific measures has your government taken to ensure that health care personnel can safely fulfil their medical duties in line with their professional code of ethics?

Emiko YAMAGUCHI
Deputy Director, Humanitarian Assistance and Emergency Relief Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
emiko.yamaguchi@mofa.go.jp

4. 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?

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5. 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?

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