LEGAL STATE OF DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS (MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES) IN THE INTERNATIONAL LAW
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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is a non-profit organization that offers health and medical services to people regardless of race, gender, beliefs, religion, and political origins. Doctors of MSF provide healthcare services ranging from consultations, vaccinations, and primary care to the most complex surgeries. In addition, they also understand the risk of working in dangerous regions with a high prevalence of diseases, underdistress, insecurity, and war in underdeveloped or third-world countries. The legal status of humanitarian aid workers, such as doctors without borders in international law, has not been determined due to the unclear definition of “humanitarian aid workers” in international humanitarian law. This normative legal research employed a web-based survey to collect relevant articles, books, reports, or studies relating to national and international humanitarian organizations and workers, NGOs, and the legal status of these organizations and their workers. This research explored how MSF adequately supports its primary staffs and the doctors.
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Médecins Sans Frontières, Doctors Without Borders, Legal Status, International LawReferences
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