In First Do No harm: Medical Ethics in International Humanitarian Law Sigrid Mehring provides a comprehensive overview of the legal and ethical framework guiding physicians in armed conflict. Due to its timeliness, the book is invaluable to practitioners and legal scholars alike.

Sigrid Mehring studied law at the University of Amsterdam and received her Ph.D. from the University of Hamburg. She was a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law and has published widely on international humanitarian and criminal law.