Sarah Glowa-Kollisch, Jasmine Graves, Nathaniel Dickey, Ross MacDonald, Zachary Rosner, Anthony Waters, Homer Venters Health and Human Rights 17/1 Published June 11, 2015 Abstract Dual loyalty is an omnipresent feature of correctional health. As part of a human rights quality improvement committee, and utilizing the unique advantage of a fully integrated electronic health record system, we undertook an assessment of dual loyalty in the New York City jail system. The…
HIV Stigma in Health Care Settings: A Need for Greater Partnership of Doctors and Lawyers in Ending AIDS
By Theresa Cheng The global health community has been debating when we will reach the end of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. 1 As of 2012, 96% of governments had stepped up to the challenges of managing the epidemic within their own borders by redoubling country investments and integrating HIV planning with national health agendas.2 However, it is increasingly apparent that ending AIDS cannot be achieved without national plans that address gender…
Evaluating Human Rights Advocacy on Criminal Justice and Sex Work
Joseph J. Amon, Margaret Wurth, Megan McLemore Health and Human Rights 17/1 Published June 11, 2015 Abstract Between October 2011 and September 2013, we conducted research on the use, by police and/or prosecutors, of condom possession as evidence of intent to engage in prostitution-related offenses. We studied the practice in five large, geographically diverse cities in the US. To facilitate our advocacy on this issue, conducted concurrent to and following…
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Paul Hunt’s TED Talk: Do Human Rights Work?
Paul Hunt, the first Special Rapporteur on the right to health, and guest editor of the forthcoming December 2015 issue of Health and Human Rights Journal, takes his TED audience on a journey to question the validity of his young son’s observation that his dad’s work “doesn’t work.” At the heart of Hunt’s talk is the call to gather more evidence to refute claims that a human rights based approach…
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Abstract – O’Connell
Litigating Reproductive Health Rights in the Inter-American System: What Does a Winning Case Look Like? Ciara O’Connell Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/2 Remedies and reparation measures emerging from the Inter-American System of Human Rights in reproductive health cases have consistently highlighted the need to develop, and subsequently implement, non-repetition remedies that protect, promote, and fulfill women’s reproductive health rights. Litigation outcomes that determine there have been violations of reproductive rights are…
Abstract – Sabae
Four Strategic Pathways for the Realization of the Right to Health Through Civil Society Actions; Challenges and Practical Lessons Learned in the Egyptian Context Ayman Sabae Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/2 This article examines four distinctly different, yet fully complementary, strategic pathways adopted by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), an Egyptian independent human rights organization, in its practical efforts to protect and guarantee the realization of the right to health…
Litigating Reproductive Health Rights In The Inter-American System: What Does A Winning Case Look Like?
Ciara O’Connell Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/2 Abstract Remedies and reparation measures emerging from the Inter-American System of Human Rights in reproductive health cases have consistently highlighted the need to develop, and subsequently implement, non-repetition remedies that protect, promote, and fulfill women’s reproductive health rights. Litigation outcomes that determine there have been violations of reproductive rights are regarded as a “win” for health rights litigation, but when implementation fails,…
Four Strategic Pathways for the Realization of the Right to Health Through Civil Society Actions: Challenges and Practical Lessons Learned in the Egyptian Context
Ayman Sabae Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/2 Abstract This article examines four distinctly different, yet fully complementary, strategic pathways adopted by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), an Egyptian independent human rights organization, in its practical efforts to protect and guarantee the realization of the right to health to all Egyptians. It reflects upon practical experiences, covering strategic options that include proposing new legislation to policy makers, participatory…
Right to Health Movement Building Through a Global Vote
By Ankur Asthana, Associate in Global Health & Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Co-Founder of Article 25 Published December 9, 2014 As we approach the new year, many of us in global health will be keeping an eye on the new post-2015 development agenda. Recently, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon released his synthesis report on the post-2015 goals where he committed to keeping intact all 17 goals and 169 targets…
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Abstract – Cabal, Olaya, Robledo
Luisa Cabal, Monica Arango Olaya, Valentina Montoya Robledo Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/2 Conscientious Objection or conscientious refusal (CO) in access to reproductive health care is at the center of current legal debates worldwide. In countries such as the US and the UK, constitutional dilemmas surrounding CO in the context of reproductive health services reveal inadequate policy frameworks for balancing CO rights with women’s rights to access contraception and…