scholarly journals The impact of economic sanctions on health and human rights in Haiti, 1991-1994.

1999 ◽  
Vol 89 (10) ◽  
pp. 1499-1504 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Gibbons ◽  
R Garfield
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Economic Sanctions ◽  
Health And Human Rights ◽  
The Impact

s.Two Implementation and Accountability, 8 Justiciability of Human Rights for Health

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flood Colleen M ◽  
Thomas Bryan
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
Health And Human Rights ◽  
Proper Role ◽  
Health Related ◽  
State Obligations ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact

This chapter examines both the power and limitations of litigation as a means of facilitating accountability for the advancement of public health. While almost half of the world’s constitutions now contain a justiciable right to health, the impact of litigation has been mixed. Judicial accountability has, in some cases, advanced state obligations to realize the highest attainable standard of health, but in other cases, litigation has threatened the solidarity undergirding public health systems. There is significant country-to-country variation in interpreting health-related human rights, as well as differing views of the proper role of courts in interpreting and enforcing these rights. Surveying regional human rights systems and national judicial efforts to address health and human rights, it is necessary to analyze how courts have approached—and how they should approach—litigation of the right to health and health-related human rights to improve health for all.

Muslim states will turn a blind eye to China's abuses

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Economic Sanctions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Human Rights Abuses ◽  
Public Pressure ◽  
The Face ◽  
International Activism ◽  
Muslim Majority ◽  
The Impact

Subject The impact of repression in Xinjiang on China's relations with Muslim-majority countries. Significance The silence of Muslim-majority countries in the face of human rights abuses in Xinjiang contrasts with their international activism on behalf of Palestine, Kashmir and the Rohingya minority in Myanmar. Impacts Governments in the more repressive Muslim-majority countries, especially in the Middle East, will censor discussion of the Xinjiang issue. Where public pressure forces the governments of Muslim-majority countries to act, responses are unlikely to go beyond rhetoric. Beijing would not hesitate to use limited economic sanctions to punish Muslim-majority countries that criticise its internal policies.

Introductory Remarks: Overview of General Research Trends and Topical Focus for 2020: Researching Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence

2020 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 239-240
Author(s):  
Marylin Johnson Raisch
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
Peace Movement ◽  
Environmental Research ◽  
Political Methodology ◽  
Health And Human Rights ◽  
Drone Strikes ◽  
Mixed Messages ◽  
The Impact

There are many current threads in human rights research today; some are extensions of more traditional concerns, and others call upon the application of human rights law as a part of international law that is evoked by recent and changing realities. There is, first, a historical turn in international law that is relevant to human rights even though it is more traditional for legal scholarship to look at such sources. Recently, Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) and discoveries about the role of the women's peace movement (as women endured and challenged the mixed messages about their roles at the time of the founding of the League of Nations) are new perspectives in that they were previously set aside, as were indigenous people's perspectives. Historian Reza Afshari and others have spoken to the focus on structural transformation and lived realities as a more political methodology for human rights, going beyond discourse and its possible Western biases. Third, environmental research has emerged in a new way, using empirical data and big data to track the impact on health and human rights; included here may be the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are also new developments in the law of war, such as drone strikes, which take us toward automated war. The automation of human functions and judgments takes us, finally, to this panel's focus on human rights research: artificial intelligence, or AI. There may arise a theory of agency implicating those who create or operate AI outside a war context, or even within it as alleged war crimes.

scholarly journals The Impact and Response to Climate Change as Lived by Older Adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 590-590
Author(s):  
Robin Fenley ◽  
Toni Antonucci ◽  
Robin Fenley
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Health And Human Rights ◽  
The Public ◽  
Aging Populations ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Impact

Abstract A growing body of literature documents the domino effects of climate change on the planet and all life. Chief among these changes is the rise in global temperatures, triggering record numbers of heatwaves, and stronger, more dangerous hydrologic events. While climate change looms as a preeminent threat to our planet and future, the public health and human rights ramifications are already apparent. As with many issues in this realm, the effects are felt to a greater degree by our aging populations. As disasters grow in frequency, the more vulnerable populations are at greater risk for more serious outcomes – and will suffer disproportionately from the effects of climate change – resulting in greater inequalities. With the consequences of climate change growing more drastic, these outcomes can be expected to climb unless sufficient measures are enacted to combat global warming. In this symposium we will highlight the link between climate change and its impact on the human rights of older adults, and how climate change threatens progress across the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) - a blueprint for a more equitable and healthier planet - if decisive actions are not taken. This symposium will demonstrate what valuable opportunities exist to accelerate progress by leveraging the links between SDGs to combat inequalities and climate change. Panelists will discuss the adverse effects of climate change, the human rights and psychological impacts on older adults, and potential action steps and strategies for older persons to become empowered as advocates for climate change reform.

Justiciability of Human Rights for Health

2020 ◽  
pp. 177-196
Author(s):  
Colleen M. Flood ◽  
Bryan Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
Health And Human Rights ◽  
Proper Role ◽  
Health Related ◽  
State Obligations ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact

This chapter examines both the power and limitations of litigation as a means of facilitating accountability for the advancement of public health. While almost half of the world’s constitutions now contain a justiciable right to health, the impact of litigation has been mixed. Judicial accountability has, in some cases, advanced state obligations to realize the highest attainable standard of health, but in other cases, litigation has threatened the solidarity undergirding public health systems. There is significant country-to-country variation in interpreting health-related human rights, as well as differing views of the proper role of courts in interpreting and enforcing these rights. Surveying regional human rights systems and national judicial efforts to address health and human rights, it is necessary to analyze how courts have approached—and how they should approach—litigation of the right to health and health-related human rights to improve health for all.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Criminalization of HIV Non-Disclosure on the Health and Human Rights of “Black” Communities

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ciann Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Black Communities ◽  
Health And Human Rights ◽  
Black Canadian ◽  
African Caribbean ◽  
Disclosure Laws ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Criminalization Of Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

The criminalization of HIV non-disclosure has become a hot topic for discussion and debate amongst human rights advocates, HIV/AIDS service providers, and people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. This paper explores the inherent problems with HIV non-disclosure laws. These laws are ambiguous and pose a serious threat to public health policy and programming by obstructing the fundamental human rights of people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. Using a human rights framework, this paper explores the impact of non-disclosure laws on the health and rights of African, Caribbean, and Black-Canadian communities and proposes ways to address the shortcomings of HIV non-disclosure laws and inadequate social policies.

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