Archive: Apr 2015

Lisa Maher, Thomas Crewe Dixon, Pisith Phlong, Julie Mooney-Somers, Ellen S. Stein, Kimberly Page Health and Human Rights 17/1 Published June 11, 2015 Abstract While repressive laws and policies in relation to sex work have the potential to…

Gillian MacNaughton Health and Human Rights 17/1 Published June 11, 2015 Abstract Two decades ago, Lawrence Gostin and Jonathan Mann developed a methodology for human rights impact assessment (HRIA) of proposed public health policies. This…

By Health and Human Rights communications assistant Gabrielle Tyson The Post-2015 Development Agenda is under way and while many of the new Sustainable Development Goals will likely remain the same as for the MDGs, there is a need for a more…

Angela Duger Health and Human Rights 17/1 Published June 11, 2015 Abstract The commercial sexual exploitation of children (“CSEC”) is an egregious human rights and public health violation that occurs every day across the US. Although there has…

Lynn M. Morgan Health and Human Rights 17/1 Published June 11, 2015 Abstract Argentine sexual and reproductive rights activists insist on using the language and framework of “human rights,” even when many reproductive rights activists in the…

Agnès Binagwaho, Richard Freeman, Kirstin Scott, Anne Badrichani, Sardis Harward, Monique Mulindahabi, Corine Karema Published April 14, 2015 The procurement of high-quality medicines to combat major causes of avoidable suffering in sub-Saharan…