Archive: Jun 2014

By Carmel Williams, Executive Editor, Health and Human Rights Journal If human rights-based approaches to child health had informed the Millennium Development Goal addressing child survival, the already impressive reduction in child mortality since…

By Adam Houston Published June 18, 2014 In 2014, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) — the latest and longest-lived of a series of UN peacekeeping missions to the country since 1993 — will mark its tenth anniversary.…

Depressive Symptoms Among Arab Bedouin Women Whose Houses are Under Threat of Demolition in Southern Israel: A Right to Housing Issue Housing is a fundamental human right and a social determinant of health. According to international law, indigenous…

Women, E-Waste, and Technological Solutions to Climate Change In this paper, we argue that a crossover class of climate change solutions (which we term “technological solutions”) may disproportionately and adversely impact some populations over…

Data-Driven Human Rights: Using the Electronic Health Record to Promote Human Rights in Jail The electronic health record (EHR) is a commonplace innovation designed to promote efficiency, quality and continuity of health services. In the New York City…

Human Rights and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria In recent years, multilateral and bilateral donors have begun engaging more actively in assessment and management of human rights risks that can either impact, or…