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Joanna N. Erdman Health and Human Rights 17/1 Published June 11, 2015 The global reproductive justice community has turned its attention to the abuse and disrespect that many women suffer during facility-based childbirth. In 2014, the World Health…

Bioethics and the Right to Health: Advancing a Complementary Agenda Jennifer L. Gibson, PhD, Lisa Forman, SJD, Stephanie A. Nixon, PT, PhD Guest Editors Health and Human Rights 2015, 17/1 Published June 11, 2015 This special section in Health…

Lisa Maher, Thomas Crewe Dixon, Pisith Phlong, Julie Mooney-Somers, Ellen S. Stein, Kimberly Page Health and Human Rights 17/1 Published June 11, 2015 Abstract While repressive laws and policies in relation to sex work have the potential to…

Gillian MacNaughton Health and Human Rights 17/1 Published June 11, 2015 Abstract Two decades ago, Lawrence Gostin and Jonathan Mann developed a methodology for human rights impact assessment (HRIA) of proposed public health policies. This…

Angela Duger Health and Human Rights 17/1 Published June 11, 2015 Abstract The commercial sexual exploitation of children (“CSEC”) is an egregious human rights and public health violation that occurs every day across the US. Although there has…

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…