During the SICOT meeting in Hyderabad, several Presidents of national orthopaedic associations asked SICOT to protest about violence against healthcare personnel which is considered by the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent as “one of the most crucial yet overlooked humanitarian issues today”.

Facing this increasing bane [1], SICOT, in collaboration with representatives of international and national orthopaedic associations, has decided to write the following declaration.

Today, SICOT is proud to have brought together 60 orthopaedic societies, representing more than 170,000 orthopaedic surgeons around the world, to fight for this fundamental human right, without regards to national, economic or philosophical segregation.

The list of societies who have co-signed this declaration is not exhaustive and any group or individual may always endorse the declaration and use it in its own country. Any voluntary support to move this action internationally and locally is welcome.

Maurice Hinsenkamp

SICOT President

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Jointly signed by:

Australian Orthopaedic Association – AOA AUSTRALIA

Österreichische Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und orthopädische Chirurgie – ÖGO AUSTRIA

Belgische Vereniging voor Orthopedie en Traumatologie – BVOT BELGIUM

Société Royale Belge de Chirurgie Orthopaédique et de Traumatologie – SORBCOT BELGIUM

Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia – SBOT BRAZIL

Société Camerounaise de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie – SOCCOT CAMEROON

Canadian Orthopaedic Association – COA–ACO CANADA

Sociedad Chilena de Ortopedia y Traumatología – SCHOT CHILE

Chinese Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons – CAOS CHINA

Croatian Orthopaedic and Traumatology Association – COTA-HUOT CROATIA

Sociedad Cubana de Ortopedia y Traumatologia – SCOT CUBA

Danish Orthopaedic Society – DOS DENMARK

Egyptian Orthopaedic Association – EOA EGYPT

Estonian Orthopedic Association – ETOS ESTONIA

Société Française de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie – SOFCOT France

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Orthopädische Chirurgie – DGOOC GERMANY

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie – DGOU GERMANY

Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association – HKOA HONG KONG

Hungarian Orthopaedic Association – HOA HUNGARY

Indian Orthopaedic Association – IOA INDIA

Persian Orthopaedic Trauma Association – POTA IRAN

Iraqi Orthopaedic Association IRAQ

Japanese Orthopaedic Association – JOA JAPAN

Libyan Orthopaedic Association – LOA LIBYA

Lithuanian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology – LSOT - LOTD LITHUANIA

Malaysian Orthopaedic Association – MOA MALAYSIA

Société Marocaine de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologique – SMACOT MOROCCO

Nederlandse Orthopaedische Vereniging – NOV NETHERLANDS

Nigerian Orthopaedic Association – NOA NIGERIA

Norwegian Association of Orthopaedic Surgery – NOA NORWAY

Pakistan Orthopaedic Association – POA PAKISTAN

Philippine Orthopaedic Association – POA PHILIPPINES

Polish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology – PTOiTr POLAND

Sociedade Portuguesa de Ortopedia e Traumatologia – SPOT Portugal

Romanian Orthopaedic and Traumatology Society – SOROT ROMANIA

Serbian Orthopaedic and Traumatology Association – SOTA SERBIA

Slovak Orthopaedic and Traumatologic Society – SOTS SLOVAKIA

Slovenian Orthopaedic Society – ZOSZD SLOVENIA

South African Orthopaedic Association – SAOA SOUTH AFRICA

Sociedad Espagñola de Cirugia Ortopedica y Traumatologia – SECOT SPAIN

Swedish Orthopaedic Association – SOF SWEDEN

Swiss Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology – SSOT SWITZERLAND

Royal College of Orthopaedic Surgeons of Thailand – RCOST THAILAND

Société Tunisienne de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologique – SOTCOT TUNISIA

Turkish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology – TOTBID TURKEY

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons – AAOS UNITED STATES

AO Foundation

Association of Study and Application of Methodology of Ilizarov – ASAMI

European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology – EFORT

European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery – ESTES

Eurospine, the Spine Society of Europe

World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery – WSRM

Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie – SICOT