Joseph J. Amon, Richard Pearshouse, Jane Cohen, Rebecca Schleifer Health and Human Rights 15/2 Published December 2013 Abstract Background: According to official accounts, in 2012 more than 235,000 people were detained in over 1,000 compulsory drug detention centers in East and Southeast Asia. Methods: Between July 2007 and May 2013, in-depth interviews were conducted with 195 individuals recently released from drug detention centers in China, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos. Results:…
Abstract – Compulsory drug detention centers in China, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos: Health and human rights abuses
Joseph J. Amon, Richard Pearshouse, Jane Cohen, Rebecca Schleifer Health and Human Rights 2013, 15/2 Abstract Background: According to official accounts, in 2012 more than 235,000 people were detained in over 1,000 compulsory drug detention centers in East and Southeast Asia. Methods: Between July 2007 and May 2013, in-depth interviews were conducted with 195 individuals recently released from drug detention centers in China, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos. Results: Individuals reported…
Letter to the Editor
Published November 5, 2013 Dear Editor, We are writing to support the claim made by Mpinga et al. in their article Traditional/alternative medicines and the right to health: Key elements for a Convention on Global Health. In their discussion of the strengths and challenges associated with the use of “non-conventional medicines” (NCMs), the authors describe such therapies as being not only “cultural products, vectors of knowledge, but also a form…
Book Brief – Compendium of Judgments: Judicial Dialogue on HIV, Human Rights and the Law in Asia and the Pacific
Compendium of Judgments: Judicial Dialogue on HIV, Human Rights and the Law in Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, June 2–4, 2013 B. Citro, T. Avafia, T.M. Fidalgo, et al. United Nations Development Programme, Bureau for Development Policy, HIV, Health & Development Group (New York: UNDP, 2013) 124 pages Freely available online here. Reviewed by HHR contributor Prem Misir, PhD, MPH This new compendium from the United Nations Development…
Human rights versus legal control over women’s reproductive self-determination
Diya Uberoi and Maria de Bruyn Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract States have a duty under international human rights law to protect people’s health. Nonetheless, while some health-related policies and laws protect basic human rights, others violate fundamental rights when they criminalize, prohibit, and restrict access to necessary health services. For example, laws and regulations related to protection of life from conception, contraception, actions of pregnant…
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The ghosts of user fees past: Exploring accountability for victims of a 30-year economic policy mistake
Rick Rowden Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract Today, there is an unmistakable shift in international consensus away from private health financing, including the use of user fees toward public financing mechanisms (notably tax financing), to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). This is, however, much the same as an earlier consensus reached at the WHO”s World Health Assembly at Alma-Ata in 1978. When considering the full circle…
Abstract – Human rights versus legal control over women’s reproductive self-determination
Diya Uberoi and Maria de Bruyn Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract States have a duty under international human rights law to protect people’s health. Nonetheless, while some health-related policies and laws protect basic human rights, others violate fundamental rights when they criminalize, prohibit, and restrict access to necessary health services. For example, laws and regulations related to protection of life from conception, contraception, actions of pregnant…
Abstract – The ghosts of user fees past: Exploring accountability for victims of a 30-year economic policy mistake
Rick Rowden Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract Today, there is an unmistakable shift in international consensus away from private health financing, including the use of user fees toward public financing mechanisms (notably tax financing), to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). This is, however, much the same as an earlier consensus reached at the WHO”s World Health Assembly at Alma-Ata in 1978. When considering the full circle…
Dark sides of the proposed Framework Convention on Global Health’s many virtues: A systematic review and critical analysis
Steven J. Hoffman and John-Arne Røttingen Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract The costs of any proposal for new international law must be fully evaluated and compared with benefits and competing alternatives to ensure adoption will not create more problems than solutions. A systematic review of the research literature was conducted to categorize and assess limitations and unintended negative consequences associated with the proposed Framework Convention on…
Effective access to justice against state and non-state actors in the Framework Convention on Global Health: A proposal
Martín Hevia, Carlos Herrera Vacaflor Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract A Framework Convention on Global Health (FCGH) seeks to have a profound, effective, and broad impact: bringing access to health rights to the largest global community possible. One of the main issues the FCGH will address is how to make the right to health justiciable. An FCGH must articulate functional remedies for violations of the right…