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Combatants Must Adhere to International Law to Protect Civilians and Provide Accountability for the Atrocities of October 7 and the Past Year: PHR

As the Middle East faces escalating regional conflict on the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) urgently calls on all parties to adhere to international law and protect civilians from harm.  The attack by Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups on Israel killed 1,139 people […]

October 7, 2024
Blog

Under the Shadow of Conflict: Q&A with Health Professionals Network for Tigray  

One year after the international community shut down a United Nations monitoring mechanism, health workers in Ethiopia say the crisis in their country is far from over.

October 4, 2024
Attacks on Health Care, Mass Atrocities, Sexual Violence
Press Release

Florida’s Abortion Ban Endangers Patients by Causing Delays and Denials of Medical Care: PHR Research Brief

Florida’s six-week abortion ban harms the health and safety of Florida patients while obstructing clinicians from providing basic reproductive and maternal medical care, according to a new research brief published today by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR).   “Delayed and Denied: How Florida’s Abortion Ban Criminalizes Medical Care” is the first study to document the consequences […]

September 17, 2024
Reproductive Justice
Brief

Delayed and Denied: How Florida’s Six-Week Abortion Ban Criminalizes Medical Care

Florida’s extreme abortion ban has created an unworkable legal landscape that endangers both patients and clinicians.

September 17, 2024
Reproductive Justice
Press Release

Нова аналітична записка: Як покращити документування та підтримку жертв катувань і сексуального насильства, пов’язаного з конфліктом, в Україні

Все більша кількість випадків катувань і сексуального насильства в результаті дій російських сил в Україні потребує подальшої підтримки з боку української влади, щоб поліпшити документування злочинів і підтримку постраждалих, заявили сьогодні в організації Physicians for Human Rights (Лікарі за Права Людини – PHR).У новій аналітичній записці «Підтримка постраждалих від катувань та сексуального насильства, пов’язаного з […]

August 27, 2024
Sexual Violence, Torture
Press Release

New Policy Brief: How to Improve Documentation and Support Survivors of Torture and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Ukraine

Increasing numbers of survivors of torture and sexual violence inflicted by Russian forces in Ukraine need further support from Ukrainian authorities to improve how the country’s justice system documents crimes and supports survivors, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) said today.   A new PHR policy brief (Supporting Survivors of Torture and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in […]

August 27, 2024
Sexual Violence, Torture
Brief

Supporting Survivors of Torture and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Ukraine

PHR assessed the medico-legal documentation pathway in Ukraine to identify opportunities to strengthen systems to center survivors’ well-being, autonomy, and access to remedies.

August 27, 2024
Sexual Violence, Torture
Press Release

1000 Attacks on Health Care in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) Devastate Health System, Demand Accountability: PHR

More than 1000 attacks have now been recorded on health workers, patients, hospitals, and other medical infrastructure in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) since October 7, 2023, more reported attacks on health care than any other conflict over a 10-month period on record, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) said today. PHR calls for independent investigations […]

August 2, 2024
Attacks on Health Care
Fact Sheet

Ukraine: Violence Against Health Care in Conflict

The Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC), of which PHR is a part, has released a report (available in English and Ukrainian) documenting 394 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in Ukraine in 2023. The ongoing conflict, initiated by Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, has left nearly a fifth of Ukraine’s […]

July 19, 2024
Attacks on Health Care
Press Release

Russia’s Bombing of Ukraine’s Largest Children’s Hospital Part of Systematic Assault on Health Care: PHR

Russia’s attack today on Okhmatdyt National Children’s  Hospital in Kyiv – the largest children’s hospital in Ukraine – continues the systematic assault on Ukraine’s health care system, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) said.  “Russia’s strategy in Ukraine includes attacking babies and children. Domestic and international actors should intensify efforts to hold perpetrators accountable for these […]

July 8, 2024
Attacks on Health Care

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