Volume 23 Number 2 – Page 3 – Health and Human Rights Journal

Crises as Catalyst: A New Social Contract Grounded in Worker Rights

December 08, 2021

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 153-165 | PDF Diane F. Frey, Gillian MacNaughton, Andjela H. Kaur, and Elena K. Taborda Abstract Three crises—climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and extreme economic and social inequality—intersect…

Building the Evidence for a Rights-Based, People-Centered, Gender-Transformative Tuberculosis Response: An Analysis of the Stop TB Partnership Community, Rights, and Gender Tuberculosis Assessment

December 08, 2021

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 253-267 | PDF Brian Citro, Viorel Soltan, James Malar, Thandi Katlholo, Caoimhe Smyth, Ani Herna Sari, Olya Klymenko, and Maxime Lunga Abstract The global tuberculosis (TB) response has undergone a…

Letter to the Editor: Privacy, Equity, and Human Rights Challenges in Public Health Surveillance

November 17, 2021

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 269-270 | PDF Rachele Hendricks-Sturrup and Sara Jordan In the situation of a global pandemic, how can specific vulnerable groups be protected against privacy risks that are inherent to contact tracing?…

The Scales of the European Court of Human Rights: Abortion Restriction in Poland, the European Consensus, and the State’s Margin of Appreciation

November 02, 2021

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 213-224 | PDF Julia Kapelańska-Pręgowska Abstract In October 2020, the Polish Constitutional Court held unconstitutional an exception in the Family Planning Act of 1993 that provided for legal abortion…

Physical Activity as a Human Right?

October 28, 2021

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 201-211 | PDF Sven Messing, Michael Krennerich, Karim Abu-Omar, Susanne Ferschl, and Peter Gelius Abstract Public awareness of the importance of physical activity has increased due to the many…

Ensuring Rights while Protecting Health: The Importance of Using a Human Rights Approach in Implementing Public Health Responses to COVID-19

October 25, 2021

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 173-186 | PDF Sophia A. Zweig,* Alexander J. Zapf,* Chris Beyrer, Debarati Guha-Sapir, and Rohini J. Haar Abstract In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world have implemented…