Table 2 Violations of the medical mission against health workers in Cauca, Chocó and Catatumbo
From: Impacts of attacks to female health care workers in three territories of Colombia
Relevant attack experiences by participants | Other violent events experienced |
|---|---|
AGAINST LIFE AND INTEGRITY -Retention -Kidnapping for care of armed actors in camps -Threats: if they report to authorities or if the combatant dies -Forced displacement -Sexual violence -Threats against family members if the demands are not fulfilled | - Confinement in Chocó and Catatumbo In the three territories: -Long periods of victimization due to long duration and continuity of the Colombian armed conflict -Kidnapping- Forced recruitment of children -Witnessing or learning of murders or disappearances of leaders, human rights defenders, or other health workers Violation of International Humanitarian Law, ignoring the condition of well-protected health units and medical transport -Destruction or damage to health units, leaving the population without services -Stigmatization: all the armed actors accuse health workers of being members of the opposite side for caring for combatants -Populations and health institutions without medicines or without care due to the resignation or displacement of health workers |
AGAINST INFRASTRUCTURE - Armed actors camp in health institutions, use them as trenches, or to direct attacks against the enemy -Murder of patients transported in ambulances -Withholding "borrowing" medical transportation for purposes other than health -Bombing of health institutions | |
AGAINST SANITARY ACTIVITIES - Impose or demand prioritization of care for wounded or sick armed actors - Armed combatants inside health institutions -Threat if the armed actor dies during the service -Prohibition of transit through the territory for rural health workers -Steal medicines or supplies from health units | |
VIOLATIONS OF CONFIDENTIALITY -Forcing the disclosure of information about the injured or sick |