June 2017

Table of Contents

Issue 19.1 features two special sections: Abortion and Human Rights, and Drug Control and Human Rights

Special Section: Abortion and Human Rights

GUEST EDITORS Alicia Ely Yamin, Paola Bergallo, and Marge Berer

EDITORIAL  Narratives of Essentialism and Exceptionalism: The Challenges and Possibilities of Using Human Rights to Improve Access to Safe Abortion
Alicia Ely Yamin and Paola Bergallo
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DISCUSSION Abortion Law and Policy Around the World: In Search of Decriminalization
Marge Berer
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Theorizing Time in Abortion Law and Human Rights
Joanna N. Erdman
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The Dublin Declaration on Maternal Health Care and Anti-Abortion Activism: Examples from Latin America
Lynn M. Morgan
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Regulation of Conscientious Objection to Abortion: An International Comparative Multiple-Case Study
Wendy Chavkin, Laurel Swerdlow, and Jocelyn Fifield
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The Role of International Human Rights Norms in the Liberalization of Abortion Laws Globally
Johanna B. Fine, Katherine Mayall, and Lilian Sepúlveda
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Pregnancy and the 40-Year Prison Sentence: How “Abortion is Murder” Became Institutionalized in the Salvadoran Judicial System
Jocelyn Viterna and Jose Santos Guardado Bautista
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Pregnancies and Fetal Anomalies Incompatible with Life in Chile: Arguments and Experiences in Advocating for Legal Reform
Lidia Casas and Lieta Vivaldi
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Legal Knowledge as a Tool for Social Change: La Mesa por la Vida y la Salud de las Mujeres as an Expert on Colombian Abortion Law
Ana Cristina González Vélez and Isabel Cristina Jaramillo
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The Battle Over Abortion Rights in Brazil’s State Arenas, 1995-2006
Marta Rodriguez De Assis Machado and Débora Alves Maciel
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Abortion Rights Legal Mobilization in the Peruvian Media, 1990–2015
Camila Gianella
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The Moderating Influence of International Courts on Social Movements: Evidence from the IVF Case Against Costa Rica
Julieta Lemaitre and Rachel Sieder
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Why is a “Good Abortion Law” Not Enough? The Case of Estonia
Liiri Oja
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Macro- and Micro-Political Vernaculizations of Rights: Human Rights and Abortion Discourses in Northern Ireland
Claire Pierson and Fiona Bloomer
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Exploring Legal Restrictions, Regulatory Reform, and Geographic Disparities in Abortion Access in Thailand
Grady Arnott, Grace Sheehy, Orawee Chinthakanan, and Angel M. Foster
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Decriminalization and Women’s Access to Abortion in Australia
Barbara Baird
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Australia: Abortion and Human Rights
Ronli Sifris and Suzanne Belton
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PERSPECTIVE Abortion Care in Nepal, 15 Years after Legalization: Gaps in Access, Equity, and Quality
Wan-Ju Wu, Sheela Maru, Kiran Regmi, and Indira Basnett
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Special Section on Drug Control and Human Rights

Photo credit: U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Connie Terrell

GUEST EDITORS Rick Lines and Julie Hannah

EDITORIAL The Case for International Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug Control
Rick Lines, Richard Elliott, Julie Hannah, Rebecca Schleifer, Tenu Avafia, and Damon Barrett
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How Drug Control Policy and Practice Undermine Access to Controlled Medicines
Naomi Burke-Shyne, Joanne Csete, Duncan Wilson, Edward Fox, Daniel Wolfe, and Jennifer J. K. Rasanathan
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International Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug Control: A Tool for Securing Women’s Rights in Drug Control Policy
Rebecca Schleifer and Luciana Pol
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The Child’s Right to Protection From Drugs: Understanding History to Move Forward
Damon Barrett
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Drug Policy and Indigenous Peoples
Julian Burger and Mary Kapron
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General Papers

Mechanisms of Accountability for the Realization of the Right to Health in China
Shengnan Qiu and Gillian MacNaughton
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PERSPECTIVE Human Rights in the World Health Organization: Views of the Director-General Candidates
Benjamin Mason Meier
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PERSPECTIVE Unstoppable: How Advocates Persevered in the Fight for Justice for Haitian Cholera Victims
Adam Houston
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Human Rights, TB, Legislation, and Jurisprudence
O. B. K. Dingake
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