Duty to rescue is a concept that many law systems have: In certain cirumstances, someone can be held responsible for not helping another person who is in danger, and who would be injured, or who would die, if not helped. People are required to help to the best of their abilities. As a bare minimum, this often means alerting emergency services.
Not all law systems have this concept, and in general the following is true:
Those helping are often protected by law, against errors they make.
In many cases, the duty to rescue has become customary law. This is the case for example for helping people at sea.
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