Defenders for Medical Impartiality

Coalition member Defenders for Medical Impartiality organized a panel event in September, “Doctors under Attack: Systematic Violations of Medical Impartiality in Yemen, Syria, and Egypt,” held in parallel to the 33rd Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC).

On July 1, 2015, government forces bombed medical facilities in the south of Syria, closing down four hospitals and killing one medical worker. Since 2011, there have been 271 attacks on medical facilities, which killed 633 aid workers.