By HHR editorial assistant Krista Oehlke Posted September 20, 2013 On September 4, Human Rights Watch urged Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai to “redouble efforts” to implement the 2009 Law of Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW law). In the letter, HRW noted that the law’s full enforcement is under threat, citing recent “emotionally charged debates” regarding the law’s provisions. President Karzai signed the EVAW law as a decree in 2009,…
Abstract – Advancing the right to health through global organizations: The potential role of a Framework Convention on Global Health
Eric A. Friedman, Lawrence O. Gostin, Kent Buse Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract Organizations, partnerships, and alliances form the building blocks of global governance. Global health organizations thus have the potential to play a formative role in determining the extent to which people are able to realize their right to health. This article examines how major global health organizations, such as WHO, the Global Fund to…
Advancing the right to health through global organizations: The potential role of a Framework Convention on Global Health
Eric A. Friedman, Lawrence O. Gostin, Kent Buse Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract Organizations, partnerships, and alliances form the building blocks of global governance. Global health organizations thus have the potential to play a formative role in determining the extent to which people are able to realize their right to health. This article examines how major global health organizations, such as WHO, the Global Fund to…
The right of children in developing countries to be born and live HIV-free
Agnès Binagwaho Health and Human Rights 10/1 Published June 2008 Ten years ago, in international public health circles, it was common to suppose that people with HIV in developing countries had no right to life — although health experts avoided stating the point quite so bluntly. The problem was that survival for those in advanced stages of AIDS depended on their receiving triple therapy with antiretroviral medicines (ARVs) —…
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Abstract – The right of children in developing countries to be born and live HIV-free
Agnès Binagwaho Health and Human Rights 10/1 Published June 2008 Ten years ago, in international public health circles, it was common to suppose that people with HIV in developing countries had no right to life — although health experts avoided stating the point quite so bluntly. The problem was that survival for those in advanced stages of AIDS depended on their receiving triple therapy with antiretroviral medicines (ARVs)…
Abstract – The catalytic synergy of health and human rights: The People’s Health Movement and the Right to Health and Health Care Campaign
Laura Turiano and Lanny Smith Health and Human Rights 10/1 Published June 2008 The move from many to everyone is a small semantic shift, but one with extraordinarily radical consequences. – Hardt and Negri, Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire1 Abstract The People’s Health Movement (PHM) is a global network at the intersection of many health and human rights organizations that has articulated and attempted to put into practice a human rights-based approach…
The catalytic synergy of health and human rights: The People’s Health Movement and the Right to Health and Health Care Campaign
Laura Turiano and Lanny Smith Health and Human Rights 10/1 Published June 2008 The move from many to everyone is a small semantic shift, but one with extraordinarily radical consequences. – Hardt and Negri, Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire1 Abstract The People’s Health Movement (PHM) is a global network at the intersection of many health and human rights organizations that has articulated and attempted to put into practice a human rights-based approach…
Abstract – From market competition to solidarity? Assessing the prospects of US health care reform plans from a human rights perspective
Anja Rudiger Health and Human Rights 10/1 Published June 2008 Abstract Although the crisis of health care in the United States is widely acknowledged – marked by poor health outcomes, high costs, unequal access, and widening health inequities – its structural underpinnings have not been adequately addressed, and reformers have settled on promoting piecemeal measures to avoid disruption. The human right to health care offers an analytical and advocacy…
From market competition to solidarity? Assessing the prospects of US health care reform plans from a human rights perspective
Anja Rudiger Health and Human Rights 10/1 Published June 2008 Abstract Although the crisis of health care in the United States is widely acknowledged – marked by poor health outcomes, high costs, unequal access, and widening health inequities – its structural underpinnings have not been adequately addressed, and reformers have settled on promoting piecemeal measures to avoid disruption. The human right to health care offers an analytical and advocacy…
Abstract – “Nationals” and “expatriates”: Challenges of fulfilling “sans frontières” (“without borders”) ideals in international humanitarian action
Olga Shevchenko and Renée C. Fox Health and Human Rights 10/1 Published June 2008 Abstract The international humanitarian organization, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is strongly committed to principles of universalism, egalitarianism, and equity, in both its internal and external relations. Nevertheless, the organization distinguishes between so-called “national” staff members (those who are indigenous to the countries where MSF projects are located), and “expatriate” staff (those who are involved…