7 Appendix 1. International Nursing Standards on Human Rights THE NURSE'S ROLE IN THE CARE OF DETAINEES AND PRISONERS International Council of Nurses, 1975 At the meeting of the Council of National Representatives of the International Council of Nurses in Singapore in August 1975, the following statement was adopted: ROLE OF THE NURSE IN THE CARE OF DETAINEES AND PRISONERS Whereas the ICN Code for Nurses specifically states that: 1. "The fundamental responsibility of the nurse is fourfold: to promote health, to prevent illness, to restore health and to alleviate suffering. 2. "The nurse's primary responsibility is to those people who require nursing scare. 3. "The nurse when acting in a professional capacity should at all times maintain standards of personal conduct which reflect credit upon the profession. 5. "The nurse takes appropriate action to safeguard the individual when his care is endangered by a co-worker or any other person." WHEREAS in 1973 ICN reaffirmed support for the Red Cross Rights and Duties of Nurses under the Geneva Conventions of 1949, which specifically state that, in case of armed conflict of international as well as national character (i.e. internal disorders, civil wars, armed rebellions): 1. Members of the armed forces, prisoners and persons taking no active part in the hostilities (a) shall be entitled to protection and care if wounded or sick, (b) shall be treated humanely, that is: they may not be subjected to physical mutilation or to medical or scientific experiments of any kind which are not justified by the medical, dental or hospital treatment of the prisoner concerned and carried out in his interest, they shall not be wilfully left without medical assistance and care, nor shall conditions exposing them to contagion or infection be created, they shall be treated humanely and cared for by the Party in conflict in whose power they may be, without adverse distinction founded on sex, race,nationality, religion political opinion, or any other similar criteria. 2. The following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons: Amani Trust Knowledge, attitudes and experiences of nurses on human rights, their violations and medical ethics in Zimbabwe.