STUDENT ESSAY  No Dignity on the Floor: A Human Rights Argument for Adult-Sized Changing Tables in Public Restrooms in the United States

Geffen Treiman Abstract Many individuals with disabilities utilize adult-sized changing tables to take care of their toileting needs with the help of a caregiver.[1] These tables are not explicitly required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and no legal case in the United States has yet addressed whether the ADA requires public restrooms to have adult changing tables.[2] This paper draws on an analysis of op-eds and news articles…

Operationalizing a Human Rights-Based Approach to Address Mistreatment against Women during Childbirth

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 251 – 264 PDF Christina Zampas, Avni Amin, Lucinda O’Hanlon, Alisha Bjerregaard, Hedieh Mehrtash, Rajat Khosla, and Özge Tunçalp Abstract A growing body of evidence reveals that the mistreatment of pregnant women during facility-based childbirth is occurring across the globe. As human rights bodies have increasingly recognized, numerous human rights are implicated in the context of mistreatment of women in childbirth, including the rights to…