The Benghazi Six: International Medical Neutrality in Times of War and Peace

Johanna Michaels Kreisel, Washington College of Law American University

Abstract

This comment evaluates the legal protections and liabilities available to medical personnel in international conflict and non-conflict situations. This comment focuses on the plight of the six foreign medical workers who are currently on death row for allegedly causing the deliberate HIV infection in 426 Libyan children. This comment analyzes the legal recourse available to medical workers in international humanitarian and human rights law under the International Covenant on Political and Civil Rights and the Convention for the Protection of Migrant Workers and provide future recommendations to ensure that medical works have adequate protections and clear obligations under international law.