Archive: 2014

Audrey Chapman Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/1 Abstract A human rights approach is predicated on the responsibility of states to design health systems and implement health policies that are consistent with human rights requirements. However,…

Perry E. Sheffield, Kathleen T. Durante, Elena Rahona, Christina Zarcadoolas Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/1 Abstract Professional associations of health care workers are issuing policy statements on climate change and health with greater…

Lucy McAllister, Amanda Magee, Benjamin Hale Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/1 Abstract In this paper, we argue that a crossover class of climate change solutions (which we term “technological solutions”) may disproportionately and adversely…

Lloyd Burton and Paul Stretesky Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/1 Abstract The connection between human rights and climate change is most evident when examining carbon dioxide emissions that result from burning fossil fuels (e.g., sea level…

Barry S. Levy and Victor W. Sidel Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/1 Abstract The weight of scientific evidence indicates that climate change is causally associated with collective violence. This evidence arises from individual studies over wide…

Sara L. M. Davis Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/1 Abstract In recent years, multilateral and bilateral donors have begun engaging more actively in assessment and management of human rights risks that can either impact, or unintentionally…

Rhys Jones, Hayley Bennett, Gay Keating, Alison Blaiklock Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/1 Abstract Climate change is widely regarded as one of the most serious global health threats of the 21st century. Its impacts will be disproportionately…

Elizabeth D. Gibbons Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/1 Abstract Frequently forgotten in the global discussions and agreements on climate change are children and young people, who both disproportionately suffer the consequences of a rapidly…

By Carmel Williams, Executive Editor, Health and Human Rights Journal If human rights-based approaches to child health had informed the Millennium Development Goal addressing child survival, the already impressive reduction in child mortality since…

By Adam Houston Published June 18, 2014 In 2014, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) — the latest and longest-lived of a series of UN peacekeeping missions to the country since 1993 — will mark its tenth anniversary.…