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Article: Medical arm of the forces: Swiss News witnesses the course on Law of Armed Conflict with the international audience of medical officers and dwells on some interesting issues with course commander, Hans Ulrich Baer.
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- November 1, 2003
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In 1999, the Swiss Ministry of Defence started organising regular summer courses on the Law of Armed Conflict for an international audience of medical officers. Each summer military doctors and lawyers from an increasing number of countries gather in the panoramic scenery of the Bernese Oberland to learn the developments in this highly sensitive field.
Clearly one should try to protect people in war, minimise suffering and find the way back to peace as soon as possible. But what is one to say when soldiers do not wear uniforms anymore, individuals fight using airplanes full of people, and turn their own bodies into arms? Do they then still have the right to a ...