Shamsher Samra, Julia Crowley, and Mary C. Smith Fawzi Health and Human Rights 13/2 Published December 2011 Abstract Although India is poised to meet its Millennium Development Goal for providing access to safe drinking water, there remains a worrying discrepancy in access between urban and rural areas. In 2006, 96% of the urban population versus 86% of the rural population obtained their drinking water from an improved water source. To…
Abstract – International law, national policymaking, and the health of trafficked people in the UK
Siân Oram, Cathy Zimmerman, Brad Adams, and Joanna Busza Health and Human Rights 13/2 Published December 2011 Abstract Background Human trafficking has been recognized both by the international community and many individual states around the world as a serious violation of human rights. Trafficking is associated with extreme violence and a range of physical, mental, and sexual health consequences. Despite the extreme nature of the harm caused by human trafficking,…
International law, national policymaking, and the health of trafficked people in the UK
Siân Oram, Cathy Zimmerman, Brad Adams, and Joanna Busza Health and Human Rights 13/2 Published December 2011 Abstract Background Human trafficking has been recognized both by the international community and many individual states around the world as a serious violation of human rights. Trafficking is associated with extreme violence and a range of physical, mental, and sexual health consequences. Despite the extreme nature of the harm caused by human trafficking,…
Abstract – Human rights and health disparities for migrant workers in the UAE
Sevil Sönmez, Yorghos Apostopoulos, Diane Tran, and Shantyana Rentrope Health and Human Rights 13/2 Published December 2011 Abstract Systematic violations of migrant workers’ human rights and striking health disparities among these populations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are the norm in member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Migrant laborers comprise about 90 percent of the UAE workforce and include approximately 500,000 construction workers and 450,000 domestic workers.…
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Human rights and health disparities for migrant workers in the UAE
Sevil Sönmez, Yorghos Apostopoulos, Diane Tran, and Shantyana Rentrope Health and Human Rights 13/2 Published December 2011 Abstract Systematic violations of migrant workers’ human rights and striking health disparities among these populations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are the norm in member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Migrant laborers comprise about 90 percent of the UAE workforce and include approximately 500,000 construction workers and 450,000 domestic…
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Editor’s Note
Paul E. Farmer A year ago, our departing editorial team wrote that its hope for Health and Human Rights: An International Journal was that it would “increasingly provide a space that bridges the evident gaps that continue to exist between communities of scholars and activists from social medicine, social epidemiology, and human rights [law].” We have taken our colleagues’ wisdom to heart and spent much time this year working to…
From the Editors
From the Editors Paul E. Farmer and Arlan Fuller In the growing movement for health and human rights, the discourse among some interested parties—from nongovernmental organizations to the United Nations to medical and legal practitioners working in poor countries—has undergone a transformation. This shift reflects a greater enthusiasm and, increasingly, a recognized obligation to employ a rights-based framework in building health systems, delivering services, and informing policymaking and advocacy efforts.…
Book Reviews
Global Health and Global Health Ethics Solomon Benatar and Gillian Brock Cambridge University Press, 2011 ISBN 9780521146777 350 pages $62 Benatar and Brock explore the obligations and challenges surrounding the improvement of global health in their new textbook. The editors posit that a comprehensive understanding of ethical issues concerning health is necessary for the promotion of sustainable and healthy living conditions, both locally and globally. Beginning with an overview of…
Abstract – Child rights, right to water and sanitation, and human security
Ross Pink Health and Human Rights 14/1 Published June 2012 Abstract The article explores the intersection between child rights, water scarcity, sanitation, and the human security paradigm. The recognition of child rights has been advanced through the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international legal instruments, while water rights are increasingly affirmed in international law and through the historic July 2010 United Nations General Assembly resolution…
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Child rights, right to water and sanitation, and human security
Ross Pink Health and Human Rights 14/1 Published June 2012 Abstract The article explores the intersection between child rights, water scarcity, sanitation, and the human security paradigm. The recognition of child rights has been advanced through the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international legal instruments, while water rights are increasingly affirmed in international law and through the historic July 2010 United Nations General Assembly resolution…
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