Health-care workers risk their lives in warzones. Are we protecting them enough?
- Written by Melanie O'Brien, Professor of International Law, The University of Western Australia
Warzones are full of danger.
But that’s never stopped humanitarian workers from living and working in such places, with the aim of keeping civilians safe.
Humanitarian workers are deployed to locations ravaged by conflict or natural disasters. Most recently, they’ve helped distribute essential supplies including food, water and medicine...





