Archive: 2014

Barry S. Levy and Victor W. Sidel Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/1 Abstract The weight of scientific evidence indicates that climate change is causally associated with collective violence. This evidence arises from individual studies over wide…

Sara L. M. Davis Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/1 Abstract 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 unintentionally…

Rhys Jones, Hayley Bennett, Gay Keating, Alison Blaiklock Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/1 Abstract Climate change is widely regarded as one of the most serious global health threats of the 21st century. Its impacts will be disproportionately…

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…

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.…