Archive: 2013

Ella Scheepers Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract Despite the Alma Ata-inspired slogan “health for all by 2000,” the world remains afflicted with poor health in the second decade of the 21st century.1 This situation has…

Sophie Smyth and Anna Triponel Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract Experience teaches that the Framework Convention on Global Health (FCGH) will need a financing facility if it is to garner widespread acceptance among…

Sophie Smyth and Anna Triponel Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract Experience teaches that the Framework Convention on Global Health (FCGH) will need a financing facility if it is to garner widespread acceptance among…

Disability and Universal Human Rights: Legal, Ethical, and Conceptual Implications of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Edited by Joel Anderson and Jos Philips Utrecht University (October 2012) ISBN: 9789039358634 194 pages…

By HHR editorial assistant Krista Oehlke Posted September 20, 2013 On September 4, Human Rights Watch urged Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai to “redouble efforts” to implement the 2009 Law of Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW…

Eric A. Friedman, Lawrence O. Gostin, Kent Buse Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract Organizations, partnerships, and alliances form the building blocks of global governance. Global health organizations thus have the…