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VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLE Volume 24/2, December 2022, pp. 85-99 |  PDF Carmel Williams and Audrey Chapman Introduction In June 2017, Dainius Pūras, the former United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur on the right to physical and…

Volume 24/2, December 2022, pp. 177-189 |  PDF Sharifah Sekalala and Belinda Rawson Abstract In this paper, we explore the strategies utilized by civil society organizations to improve access to medicines during the HIV/AIDS and COVID-19…

Volume 24/2, December 2022, pp. 29-45 |  PDF Clarisa Bencomo, Emily Battistini, and Terry McGovern Abstract Gender-based violence (GBV) is a violation of human rights and must be addressed as such. This paper examines whether donor…

Volume 24/2, December 2022, pp. 101-109 |  PDF Caroline Crawford Child marriage is a global challenge in need of greater attention. According to reports by UNICEF, 650 million girls and women alive today were married as children.[1] The global…

Volume 24/2, December 2022, pp. 13-28 |  PDF Nay Alhelou, Purvaja S. Kavattur, Mary M. Olson, Lillian Rountree, and Inga T. Winkler Abstract As countries across the world adopt policies addressing menstruation, it is imperative to identify…

Volume 24/2, December 2022, pp. 47-58 |  PDF Maame Efua Addadzi-Koom Abstract As part of global efforts to reach herd immunity to stem the spread of COVID-19, the government of Ghana in 2021 declared December as the month of vaccination.…

Volume 24/2, December 2022, pp. 1-11 |  PDF Laura Ferguson, William Jardell, and Sofia Gruskin Abstract Experience has shown the need to explicitly address human rights and gender-related barriers in the rollout of HIV-related biomedical…

Volume 24/2, December 2022, pp. 59-70 |  PDF Caroline M. Parker, Oscar E. Miranda-Miller, and Carmen Albizu-García Abstract Laws facilitating the involuntary civil commitment (ICC) of people with substance use disorders vary considerably…

Volume 24/2, December 2022, pp. 115-119 |  PDF Johannes Wheeldon and Jon Heidt Introduction Recently, a special section in this journal reviewed the widespread misuse of compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centers.[1] Although the…

Volume 24/2, December 2022, pp. 71-83 |  PDF Linda Steele and Kate Swaffer Abstract This paper explores the possibility of reparations for harms suffered by people in residential aged care, focusing on experiences of people with dementia.…