Elizabeth D. Gibbons Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/1 Abstract Frequently forgotten in the global discussions and agreements on climate change are children and young people, who both disproportionately suffer the consequences of a rapidly changing climate, yet also offer innovative solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (climate change mitigation) and adapt to climate change. Existing evidence is presented of the disproportionately harmful impact of climate-induced changes in precipitation and…
Abstract – Burton and Stretesky
Wrong Side of the Tracks: The Neglected Human Costs of Transporting Oil and Gas The connection between human rights and climate change is most evident when examining carbon dioxide emissions that result from burning fossil fuels (e.g., sea level rise and displaced coastal cultures). However, the transport of fossil fuels also has human rights implications for human rights and climate change. This research focuses on the health and safety risks…
The post-2015 development agenda: Adherence to human rights alone is inadequate
Letter to the Editor Published May 14, 2014 Dear Editor, “The post-2015 development agenda, human rights, evidence, and open-access publishing” (editorial, Volume 15, Issue 2) highlighted the importance of including human rights on the post-2015 development agenda.1 However, the editorial and calls by the UN’s High Commissioners for Human Rights and the UN Task Team’s “thematic think pieces” for a human rights-based approach to the post-2015 development agenda are narrow…
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The new accountability for doctors who torture
Steven H. Miles Published January 22, 2014 Physicians are integral to the modern infliction of torture. They help regimes devise and implement means of torture that minimize scars that serve as evidence. They help keep prisoners alive who are not supposed to die by calibrating the severity of torture to their medical conditions and treating injuries caused by torture before their patients are returned to torture centers. They falsify medical…
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Human rights in patient care: A theoretical and practical framework
Jonathan Cohen and Tamar Ezer Health and Human Rights 15/2 Published December 2013 Abstract The concept of “human rights in patient care” refers to the application of human rights principles to the context of patient care. It provides a principled alternative to the growing discourse of “patients’ rights” that has evolved in response to widespread and severe human rights violations in health settings. Unlike “patients’ rights,” which is rooted in…
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Recent health and human rights literature
Health and Human Rights 2013, 15/2 Reviews Public Health and Social Justice Martin Donohoe Jossey-Bass (October 2012) ISBN: 111808814X 656 pages $60.00 Reviewed by Daniel R. George, PhD, MSc, and Peter J. Whitehouse, MD, PhD Comedian Stephen Colbert, who plays a faux archconservative on the popular show The Colbert Report, has famously joked, “Reality has a well-known liberal bias.” So too might this clever turn of phrase apply to the field of…
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“Small places close to home”: Toward a health and human rights strategy for the US
Elizabeth Tobin Tyler Health and Human Rights 15/2 Published December 2013 Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places close to home. –Eleanor Roosevelt Abstract Much of the discussion about “health as a human right” has centered on global health initiatives, largely ignoring the application of human rights principles to the significant socioeconomic and racial health disparities in…
Barriers to accessing and receiving mental health care in Eastern Cape, South Africa
Isabell Schierenbeck, Peter Johansson, Lena M. C. Andersson, Dalena van Rooyen Health and Human Rights 15/2 Published December 2013 Abstract The right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is enshrined in many international human rights treaties. However, studies have shown that people with mental disabilities are often marginalized and discriminated against in the fulfillment of their right to health. The aim of this…
Abstract – How do social determinants affect human trafficking in Southeast Asia, and what can we do about it? A systematic review
Kelsey McGregor Perry and Lindsay McEwing Health and Human Rights 2013, 15/2 Abstract Background: The sale of women and children accounts for the greatest proportion of human trafficking globally, with Southeast Asia acting as the illegal industry’s largest international hub. At least 225,000 women and children are trafficked from the region every year, accounting for approximately one-third of the global human trade. The health ramifications of trafficking are severe: many…
How do social determinants affect human trafficking in Southeast Asia, and what can we do about it? A systematic review
Kelsey McGregor Perry and Lindsay McEwing Health and Human Rights 15/2 Published December 2013 Abstract Background: The sale of women and children accounts for the greatest proportion of human trafficking globally, with Southeast Asia acting as the illegal industry’s largest international hub. At least 225,000 women and children are trafficked from the region every year, accounting for approximately one-third of the global human trade. The health ramifications of trafficking are…