Briefing #5: Humanitarian Aid Policies & the Geneva Conventions: Myths & Realities

04.09.2015

Briefing #5: Humanitarian Aid Policies & the Geneva Conventions: Myths & Realities

The EU, together with Member States, provides the most humanitarian aid in the world and funds medical services in every conflict zone. However, the EU’s restrictive policy on abortion and the Geneva Conventions violates the inalienable rights of girls and women impregnated by war to all necessary medical care, including safe abortion services under international humanitarian law (IHL). As a global leader on humanitarian aid, the EU must change this policy to be in line with EU law and the Geneva Conventions.

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Briefing #5: Humanitarian Aid Policies & the Geneva Conventions: Myths & Realities

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