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A Thematic Guide to Documents on Health and Human Rights

Author : Alfredsson
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9004639349
Total Pages : 647 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book A Thematic Guide to Documents on Health and Human Rights written by Alfredsson and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2023-09-20 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is the second volume of Thematic Human Rights Guides published under the auspices of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. The aim of the Guides, as the title implies, is to facilitate the use of international human rights standards by their systematic presentation. Rather than reproducing full texts of various instruments, substantive standards are grouped according to subject-matter in order to enable users to quickly and easily locate the topic they may be looking for. A detailed index, with references to the many international instruments which address the same issue, reinforces this thematic approach. The choice of human rights and health for the second volume in this series highlights the aim of the Guides: to map out the entire range of human rights and fundamental freedoms as they relate to a specific topic. The sheer size of this volume illustrates the number and variety of human rights standards relevant for health. Many of these standards have been generated by organizations dealing with health rather than human rights, and quite a few are found under medical ethics rather than human rights. Subsuming medical ethics under international human rights law is a novel development, pioneered by the Council of Europe. Elsewhere, the two fields remain separate and the publication of this Guide is intended to overcome this separation. Documents have been included which provide an understanding of human rights within the health profession (such as guidance to medical doctors with regard to abortion adopted by the International Medical Association) and those human rights safeguards that have been elaborated to prevent abuses by health professionals (such as those concerning mental health). All of these standards provide a substantive background for inter-professional dialogue on the evolving understanding of human rights. A Thematic Guide to Documents on Health and Human Rights reflects the full range of issues encompassed by human rights and health. Besides the right to health, a wide range of rights and freedoms can be - and is - affected by the health sector. Priority has been accorded to the crucial human rights safeguards, namely those specifying protection against undue limitations or restrictions upon human rights. Much as with any other human rights topic, those safeguards are best developed for categories that are most vulnerable to denials and violations of their rights. Detainees, prisoners, victims of armed conflicts, children and the mentally ill thus figure prominently.

A Thematic Guide to Documents on Health and Human Rights

Author : Gudmundur Alfredsson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9789041110084
Total Pages : 629 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book A Thematic Guide to Documents on Health and Human Rights written by Gudmundur Alfredsson and published by Springer. This book was released on 1998 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Thematic Guide to Documents on the Human Rights of Women

Author : Guðmundur S. Alfreðsson
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789041100948
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book A Thematic Guide to Documents on the Human Rights of Women written by Guðmundur S. Alfreðsson and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 1995-09-07 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 7. RIGHT TO FOOD.

A Thematic Guide to Documents on Health and Human Rights

Author : Guðmundur S. Alfreðsson
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789041105448
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book A Thematic Guide to Documents on Health and Human Rights written by Guðmundur S. Alfreðsson and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is the second volume of "Thematic Human Rights Guides" published under the auspices of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. The aim of the "Guides," as the title implies, is to facilitate the use of international human rights standards by their systematic presentation. Rather than reproducing full texts of various instruments, substantive standards are grouped according to subject-matter in order to enable users to quickly and easily locate the topic they may be looking for. A detailed index, with references to the many international instruments which address the same issue, reinforces this thematic approach. The choice of human rights and health for the second volume in this series highlights the aim of the "Guides": to map out the entire range of human rights and fundamental freedoms as they relate to a specific topic. The sheer size of this volume illustrates the number and variety of human rights standards relevant for health. Many of these standards have been generated by organizations dealing with health rather than human rights, and quite a few are found under medical ethics rather than human rights. Subsuming medical ethics under international human rights law is a novel development, pioneered by the Council of Europe. Elsewhere, the two fields remain separate and the publication of this "Guide" is intended to overcome this separation. Documents have been included which provide an understanding of human rights within the health profession (such as guidance to medical doctors with regard to abortion adopted by the International Medical Association) and those human rights safeguards that have been elaborated to prevent abuses byhealth professionals (such as those concerning mental health). All of these standards provide a substantive background for inter-professional dialogue on the evolving understanding of human rights. "A Thematic Guide to Documents on Health and Human Rights" reflects the full range of issues encompassed by human rights and health. Besides the right to health, a wide range of rights and freedoms can be - and is - affected by the health sector. Priority has been accorded to the crucial human rights safeguards, namely those specifying protection against undue limitations or restrictions upon human rights. Much as with any other human rights topic, those safeguards are best developed for categories that are most vulnerable to denials and violations of their rights. Detainees, prisoners, victims of armed conflicts, children and the mentally ill thus figure prominently.

Perspectives on Health and Human Rights

Author : Sofia Gruskin
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415948067
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on Health and Human Rights written by Sofia Gruskin and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology of articles collected by a cast of award-winning scholars in the field of public health illustrates that promoting and protecting human rights is fundamental to promoting and protecting health. New issues covered in this volume include: emerging technologies; family and health; responding to violence; and methods and strategies.

A Thematic Guide to Documents on the Human Rights of Women

Author : Guðmundur S. Alfreðsson
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff
ISBN 13 : 9789004179875
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book A Thematic Guide to Documents on the Human Rights of Women written by Guðmundur S. Alfreðsson and published by Martinus Nijhoff. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Thematic Guide to Documents on the Human Rights of Women is the first volume in a new series: The Raoul Wallenberg Institute Human Rights Guides. As the term 'guide' implies, the series will facilitate orientation in international human rights standards by presenting the content of substantive standards in a systematic way. The Guides map out the entire range of human rights and fundamental freedoms as they relate to specific categories of beneficiaries. Future volumes will be devoted to children, minorities, indigenous peoples, detainees, migrants, and so on. Volumes are also planned to deal with health, information, and humanitarian relief, in which the category of beneficiary is open ended. In all such areas, those who are professionally involved in human rights activities need guidance to substantive standards, which are neither widely known nor readily accessible. This first volume establishes the structure to be followed by future Guides. Part 1 groups the relevant provisions from different instruments according to specific rights and freedoms. Part 2 supplies a chronological list of all the instruments that have been excerpted in Part 1, enabling the user to locate the entire document if wished. Part 3 contains an extensive index of all relevant provisions.

Health Equity, Social Justice and Human Rights

Author : Ann Taket
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136313923
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book Health Equity, Social Justice and Human Rights written by Ann Taket and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important links between health and human rights are increasingly recognised and human rights can be viewed as one of the social determinants of health. Furthermore, a human rights framework provides an excellent foundation for advocacy on health inequalities, a value-based alternative to views of health as a commodity, and the opportunity to move away from public health action being based on charity. This text demystifies systems set up for the protection and promotion of human rights globally, regionally and nationally. It explores the use and usefulness of rights-based approaches as an important part of the tool-box available to health and welfare professionals and community members working in a variety of settings to improve health and reduce health inequities. Global in its scope, Health Equity, Social Justice and Human Rights presents examples from all regions of the world to illustrate the successful use of human rights approaches in fields such as HIV/AIDS, improving accessibility to essential drugs, reproductive health, women’s health, and improving the health of marginalised and disadvantaged groups. Understanding human rights and their interrelationships with health and health equity is essential for public health and health promotion practitioners, as well as being important for a wide range of other health and social welfare professionals. This text is valuable reading for students, practitioners and researchers concerned with combating health inequalities and promoting social justice.

International Human Rights Law

Author : David S. Weissbrodt
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 9780812240320
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book International Human Rights Law written by David S. Weissbrodt and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Human Rights Law is a comprehensive introductory treatise, intended for all concerned about this critical area of international law, including students, lawyers, other advocates, teachers, and academics.

Health Rights

Author : Thomas Pogge
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135193127X
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Health Rights written by Thomas Pogge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health Rights is a multidisciplinary collection of seminal papers examining ethical, legal, and empirical questions regarding the human right to health or health care. The volume discusses what obligations health rights entail for governments and other actors, how they relate to and potentially conflict with other rights and values, and how cultural diversity bears on the formulation and implementation of health rights. The paramount importance of such questions is illustrated, among other things, by the catastrophic health situation in developing countries and current debates about the TRIPS Agreement and health care reform in the United States. The volume is divided into five main parts which focus on philosophical questions about the bases for the right to health or health care; links between health and human rights; global bioethics and public health ethics; intellectual property rights in pharmaceuticals; and finally health rights issues arising in specific contexts such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and gender.

Women and International Human Rights Law

Author : Kelly Dawn Askin
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9004531130
Total Pages : 1039 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Women and International Human Rights Law written by Kelly Dawn Askin and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2023-04-17 with total page 1039 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For in-depth coverage of gender issues in human rights law, from theory and cultural practices to legal instruments and the case law of international tribunals, this major three-volume work is without peer. More than 100 leading authorities in the field offer trenchant analyses of problems and solutions, crimes and abuses, available recourses, areas of empowerment -- the entire spectrum of women's rights, discussed at a level of detail and legal awareness unavailable in any other single source. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint. The print edition is available as a set of three volumes (9781571050946).

Human Rights

Author : Albert A. Zinnos
Publisher : Nova Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781594545764
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (457 download)

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Download or read book Human Rights written by Albert A. Zinnos and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human rights refers to the concept of human beings as having universal rights, or status, regardless of legal jurisdiction, and likewise other localising factors, such as ethnicity and nationality. For many, the concept of "human rights" is based in religious principles. However, because a formal concept of human rights has not been universally accepted, the term has some degree of variance between its use in different local jurisdictions -- difference in both meaningful substance as well as in protocols for and styles of application. Ultimately the most general meaning of the term is one which can only apply universally, and hence the term "human rights" is often itself an appeal to such transcended principles, without basing such on existing legal concepts. The term "humanism" refers to the developing doctrine of such universally applicable values, and it is on the basic concept that human beings have innate rights, that more specific local legal concepts are often based. Within particular societies, "human rights" refers to standards of behaviour as accepted within their respective legal systems regarding 1) the well being of individuals, 2) the freedom and autonomy of individuals, and 3) the representation of the human interest in government. These rights commonly include the right to life, the right to an adequate standard of living, the prohibition of genocide, freedom from torture and other mistreatment, freedom of expression, freedom of movement, the right to self-determination, the right to education, and the right to participation in cultural and political life. These norms are based on the legal and political traditions of United Nations member states and are incorporated into international human rights instruments. This new book brings together the latest book literature centred on this crucial topic.

EU Health Law & Policy

Author : Anniek de Ruijter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191092150
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book EU Health Law & Policy written by Anniek de Ruijter and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether there is a public health need for the containment and response to swine flu, or an individual need to access health care across the border for a hip operation to alleviate pain, the EU has an increasingly powerful role in the field of human health. Health law and policy is deeply tied into fundamental rights, bioethics and values, with important implications for individuals. However, it is also an expansive area of economic regulation, of social and state arrangements. The growing role of the EU in human health law and policy is contested, particularly as it has implications for the fundamental rights and values that are enshrined in national health law and policy. This book outlines, through case studies, how the expansion of EU power is taking place through law and policy, in both public health and health care. How is law and policy in the field of human health adopted, who are the institutional actors involved, and what is the impact of these developments for fundamental rights?

The Right to Health

Author : Judith Asher
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004189734
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book The Right to Health written by Judith Asher and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-11-11 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The alarmingly low health status of millions of people in many developing countries is now recognised as a major obstacle to the process of development. In response, increasing numbers of non-governmental organizations are championing the right to health of the disadvantaged, vulnerable and those living in poverty.

Pilgrims in Medicine: Conscience,Legalism and Human Rights

Author : Thomas Alured Faunce
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9004139621
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Pilgrims in Medicine: Conscience,Legalism and Human Rights written by Thomas Alured Faunce and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This arrestingly novel work develops a normative synthesis of medical humanities, virtue ethics, medical ethics, health law and human rights. It presents an ambitious, complex and coherent argument for the reconceptualisation of the doctor-patient relationship and its regulation utilising approaches often thought of as being separate, if not opposed (virtue-based ethics and universal human rights). The case is argued gracefully, with moderation, but also with respect for opposing positions. The book's analysis of the foundational professional virtue of therapeutic loyalty is an original departure from the traditional discourse of "patient autonomy," and the ethical and legal "duties" of the medical practitioner. The central argument is not merely presented, as bookends, in the introduction and conclusion. It is cogently represented in each chapter and section and measured against the material considered. A remarkable feature is the use of aptly selected "canonical" literature to inform the argument. These references run from Hesse's "The Glass Bead Game" in the abstract, to Joyce's "Ulysses" in the conclusion. They include excerpts from and discussion about Bergman, Borges, Boswell, Tolstoy, de Beauvoir, Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Samuel Johnson, Aristotle, Orwell, Osler, Chaucer, Schweitzer, Shakespeare, Thorwalds, Kafka and William Carlos Williams. Such references are used not merely as an artistic and decorative leitmotif, but become a critical, narrative element and another complex and rich layer to this work. The breadth and quality of the references are testimony to the author's clear understanding of the modern law and literature movement. This work provides the basis of a medicalschool course. As many medical educators as possible should also be encouraged to read this work for the insights it will give them into using their own personal life narratives and those of their patients to inform their decision-making process. This thesis will also be of value to the judiciary, whose members are often called upon to make normatively difficult judgments about medical care and medical rules. The human rights material leads to a hopeful view of an international movement toward a universal synthesis between medical ethics and human rights in all doctor-patient relationships.

Economic, Social & Cultural Rights in Practice

Author : Yash P. Ghai
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
ISBN 13 : 9781869940270
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Economic, Social & Cultural Rights in Practice written by Yash P. Ghai and published by Commonwealth Secretariat. This book was released on 2004 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Africa is increasingly an attractive place for international investment. Investing in South Africa provides readers with an overview of the investment environment in South Africa, and information on investment opportunities, developments, and foreign direct investment incentives offered by the Department of Trade and Industry (the DTI). It also outlines the support that the DTI offers new investors in South Africa. Through the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), priority areas have been identified for Africa--one of which is the development of the private sector as a means to stimulate growth. An important element for investors in South Africa is that it is a gateway to the rest of Africa. Already many South African companies have learned many lessons in tackling the challenges of these markets. This provides a unique opportunity for international firms to draw on their lessons and experience.

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in International Law

Author : Manisuli Ssenyonjo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1509902031
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in International Law written by Manisuli Ssenyonjo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the first edition (published in 2009), there have been several important treaty developments, including the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) on individual communications, and significant developments in the case law on economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights. The second edition addresses these developments and explores ESC rights from foundational issues to substantive rights and systems of protection. It has been fully updated to include new material and up-to-date coverage of the case law of human rights bodies and national courts on ESC rights. In addition to the rights to health, education and work covered in the first edition, the second edition analyses new developments, such as the rights to adequate food, water and sanitation, adequate housing, social security and cultural rights. It also considers several contemporary issues including the extraterritorial human rights obligations of states in the area of economic, social and cultural rights; non-state actors; relationship of the ICESCR to other areas of international law; the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR; regional protection of ESC rights; more examples of the domestic protection of ESC rights; the protection of ESC rights of vulnerable groups; contemporary challenges to ESC rights, including poverty, corruption, armed conflicts and terrorism. It concludes by exploring the possible establishment of a World Court of Human Rights.

Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, Volume 8 (2004)

Author : Armin Von Bogdandy
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9004142851
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, Volume 8 (2004) written by Armin Von Bogdandy and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume eight comprises topics like the United Nations system of the use of force; the U.S. bilateral non-surrender agreements in relation to the ICC; developing countries, non-traditional intellectual property rights and the WIPO; and fact-finding by UN human rights complaints bodies.