Cate Buchanan Health and Human Rights 13/2 Published December 2011 Abstract The health and human rights implications of violently acquired impairments (VAI), specifically gun-related injuries and trauma resulting in disability, represent an overlooked public policy concern. For several decades, detailed attention has been committed to better understanding of the international arms trade and its consequences. A discursive shift in the last decade from “small arms control” as the core objective…
Abstract – The right to water in rural Punjab: Assessing equitable access to water through the Punjab Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project
Shamsher Samra, Julia Crowley, and Mary C. Smith Fawzi Health and Human Rights 13/2 Published December 2011 Abstract Although India is poised to meet its Millennium Development Goal for providing access to safe drinking water, there remains a worrying discrepancy in access between urban and rural areas. In 2006, 96% of the urban population versus 86% of the rural population obtained their drinking water from an improved water source. To…
The right to water in rural Punjab: Assessing equitable access to water through the Punjab rural water supply and sanitation project
Shamsher Samra, Julia Crowley, and Mary C. Smith Fawzi Health and Human Rights 13/2 Published December 2011 Abstract Although India is poised to meet its Millennium Development Goal for providing access to safe drinking water, there remains a worrying discrepancy in access between urban and rural areas. In 2006, 96% of the urban population versus 86% of the rural population obtained their drinking water from an improved water source. To…
Abstract – International law, national policymaking, and the health of trafficked people in the UK
Siân Oram, Cathy Zimmerman, Brad Adams, and Joanna Busza Health and Human Rights 13/2 Published December 2011 Abstract Background Human trafficking has been recognized both by the international community and many individual states around the world as a serious violation of human rights. Trafficking is associated with extreme violence and a range of physical, mental, and sexual health consequences. Despite the extreme nature of the harm caused by human trafficking,…
International law, national policymaking, and the health of trafficked people in the UK
Siân Oram, Cathy Zimmerman, Brad Adams, and Joanna Busza Health and Human Rights 13/2 Published December 2011 Abstract Background Human trafficking has been recognized both by the international community and many individual states around the world as a serious violation of human rights. Trafficking is associated with extreme violence and a range of physical, mental, and sexual health consequences. Despite the extreme nature of the harm caused by human trafficking,…
Abstract – Human rights and health disparities for migrant workers in the UAE
Sevil Sönmez, Yorghos Apostopoulos, Diane Tran, and Shantyana Rentrope Health and Human Rights 13/2 Published December 2011 Abstract Systematic violations of migrant workers’ human rights and striking health disparities among these populations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are the norm in member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Migrant laborers comprise about 90 percent of the UAE workforce and include approximately 500,000 construction workers and 450,000 domestic workers.…
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Human rights and health disparities for migrant workers in the UAE
Sevil Sönmez, Yorghos Apostopoulos, Diane Tran, and Shantyana Rentrope Health and Human Rights 13/2 Published December 2011 Abstract Systematic violations of migrant workers’ human rights and striking health disparities among these populations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are the norm in member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Migrant laborers comprise about 90 percent of the UAE workforce and include approximately 500,000 construction workers and 450,000 domestic…
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Editor’s Note
Paul E. Farmer A year ago, our departing editorial team wrote that its hope for Health and Human Rights: An International Journal was that it would “increasingly provide a space that bridges the evident gaps that continue to exist between communities of scholars and activists from social medicine, social epidemiology, and human rights [law].” We have taken our colleagues’ wisdom to heart and spent much time this year working to…