Issues

Volume 21/1, June 2019, pp 45 – 47 PDF Izraelle McKinnon, Aun Lor, and Dabney P. Evans Abstract Despite the increasing use of human rights-based approaches to health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does not…

Volume 21/1, June 2019, pp 215 – 225 PDF Hope Ferdowsian, Katherine McKenzie, and Amy Zeidan Abstract Due to global events in recent years, applications for political asylum have increased, although the number of people granted asylum…

Samantha Bradley Abstract Post-conflict communities consistently experience high rates of domestic and family violence (DFV) against women and children. An end to violence in the public sphere is widely seen to precipitate the escalation of…

Kristi Heather Kenyon, Lisa Forman, and Claire E. Brolan The social determinants of health and human rights describe where and how we live and thrive. They express our actual and optimal conditions of housing and nutrition; our social, cultural, and…

Andrés Constantin Abstract This article will place the discussion of human subject research within the larger context of human rights law, both at the international and regional level, and examine existing normative human rights frameworks that can…

Benjamin Mason Meier, Dabney P. Evans, Matthew M. Kavanagh, Jessica M. Keralis, and Gabriel Armas-Cardona On behalf of the American Public Health Association’s Human Rights Forum This year marks the 70th anniversary of both the birth of human…

Katherine Footer, Michael Windle, Laura Ferguson, Jordan Hatcher, Carrie Lyons, Emma Gorin, Anne L. Stangl, Steven Golub, Sofia Gruskin, and Stefan Baral Abstract Legal empowerment is increasingly recognized as a key approach for addressing…

Miriam R. Aczel and Karen E. Makuch The dictates of public conscience can become a recognized source of law and a tribunal emanating directly from the conscience of the people reflects an idea that is bound to grow. It is claimed that institutions…

Bernadette Ann-Marie O’Hare Introduction Human rights are enshrined in numerous international treaties, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; and the International…

Lucas Trout, Corina Kramer, and Lois Fischer Abstract American Indians and Alaska Natives have long held a state-conferred right to health, yet Indigenous communities across the United States continue to experience significant health and health…