(New York) – Ten years after United Nations Security Council Resolution 2286 was adopted to protect health care in armed conflict, attacks on hospitals and healthcare workers continue, Human Rights Watch said today. Resolution 2286 , unanimously adopted on May 3, 2016, obligates countries to “prevent and address” attacks on health. A decade later, a new report by the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC), an international group of nongovernmental and academic organizations, including Human Rights Watch, found that attacks on health facilities and medical workers continued to occur at an alarming rate. Governments should protect the rule of law by meaningfully preventing unlawful attacks and punishing those responsible. “Resolution 2286 sets out clear obligations to protect healthcare workers and facilities in armed conflict and to adhere to international law,” said Julia Bleckner , senior researcher in the Global Health Initiative at Human Rights Watch.…