scholarly journals Health, Law and Sexuality. Qui Cherche Trouve.

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Michael Kirby
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Oral Delivery ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
National Gallery ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Basic Tenet ◽  
The World ◽  
The Many

This is the keynote address for the Bold Thinking Series event at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) Great Hall on 4 May 2017. The language of the oral delivery of this address has been retained. Amidst a rich historical context, the author explores the legal and moral complexities that lie at the intersection of law, sexuality and health. Drawing on his long-standing participation in many international bodies concerned with human rights, he discusses the many great wrongs perpetrated against LGTBQI communities both internationally and domestically, and highlights the challenges that countries around the world face to remove discrimination in laws, policies and culture. He emphasises by way of case examples, the physical, emotional and political harm that this has caused and will continue to cause if legislative and cultural change is not forthcoming. He concludes that equality before the law is a basic tenet of human rights, and that to the extent that Australia and other countries are not achieving equality, we must rise to the challenge and drive genuine change.  

scholarly journals ‘Choking the national demos’: research partnerships and the material constitution of global health

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-127
Author(s):  
John Harrington
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Access To Medicines ◽  
Functional Health ◽  
Essential Medicines ◽  
World Health ◽  
Moral Principle ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Health Law ◽  
The World

By foregrounding a widened view of the rule of law in transnational legal processes, the works under discussion in this symposium can support innovative critical perspectives on global health law –a field that has gained wide attention due to the spread of COVID-19 around the world (Lander, 2020; Bhatt, 2020). Legal and socio-legal scholars in the decade and a half before the pandemic worked on locating global health law and articulating its underlying principles. Lawrence Gostin's 2014 monograph offers a synoptic view centred on international institutions (e.g. the World Health Organization, World Trade Organization, UN Human Rights Council) and problems (e.g. infectious-disease response, tobacco control), along with an elaboration of its normative basis in universal moral principle and international human rights law (Gostin, 2014). Struggles over access to essential medicines and intellectual property in the early 2000s are, for example, represented in terms of the right to health constraining international trade law. Andreas Fischer-Lescano and Guenther Teubner's 2004 reading is oriented more by social theory than by doctrinal or ethical frames (Fischer-Lescano and Teubner, 2004, pp. 1006, 1008). A functional health regime has ‘differentiated out’, they observe, and operates as a discrete communication system across borders, albeit one that is threatened by the preponderant economic system. On this model, the battle for access to medicines amounts to ensuring, via human rights guarantees, that the rationality of the health system is not replaced by that of its economic rival in legal and policy communications (Fischer-Lescano and Teubner, 2004, pp. 1030, 1046).

The Intersection of Transphobia, Human Rights, and Transgender Intimate Partner Violence

2020 ◽  
pp. 3-34
Author(s):  
Adam M. Messinger ◽  
Xavier L. Guadalupe-Diaz
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Transgender People ◽  
Prevalence Estimates ◽  
The World ◽  
The Many ◽  
Transgender Discrimination

Despite the alarming prevalence and consequences of intimate partner violence among transgender people (T-IPV), research, public policy, and service provision remains largely focused on cisgender IPV (C-IPV). Creating tailored societal responses for transgender survivors and abusers entails recognizing not only the similarities but particularly the differences between C-IPV and T-IPV. Research highlights numerous ways in which societal discrimination against transgender people uniquely shapes the causes, abusive tactics, and barriers to escape regarding T-IPV. In this sense, better understanding and addressing T-IPV necessitates acknowledging the extent of anti-transgender discrimination. This opening chapter introduces readers to the pressing issue of T-IPV by defining core terminology, reviewing prevalence estimates and outcomes, detailing the extent of interpersonal transphobia in the world and the dearth of transgender human rights protections, and discussing the many ways in which such discrimination fuels T-IPV. The chapter concludes with an overview of the book.

scholarly journals James Robert Alfano, A Giant in Phytopathogenic Bacteria Effector Biology

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-381
Author(s):  
Alan Collmer
Keyword(s):  
Pseudomonas Syringae ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Bacterial Pathogen ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Phytopathogenic Bacteria ◽  
The World ◽  
Microbe Interactions ◽  
The Many ◽  
Plant Pathogenesis

The worldwide molecular plant-microbe interactions research community was significantly diminished in November 2019 by the death of James “Jim” Robert Alfano at age 56. Jim was a giant in our field, who gained key insights into plant pathogenesis using the model bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae. As a mentor, collaborator, and, above all, a friend, I know Jim’s many dimensions and accomplishments and, sadly, the depth of loss being felt by the many people around the world who were touched by him. In tracing the path of Jim’s career, I will emphasize the historical context and impact of his advances and, finally, the essence of the person we will so miss.

Disaster is in the Eye of the Beholder

2016 ◽  
pp. 516-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
JJ Pionke
Keyword(s):  
Historical Context ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
The World ◽  
Volunteer Experiences ◽  
The Many

This chapter explores preservation and disaster issues in Singapore and Uganda from the point of view of the author's volunteer experiences in the summer of 2012. This is a snapshot of how two very different institutions, on different sides of the world, preserve materials and prepare for disaster, the many obstacles they encounter, and how they work with and through those obstacles. Preservation and disaster concepts are briefly discussed with the main focus on the historical context of the cultural institutions of education and the access to and preservation of their materials.

scholarly journals Protecting the rights of LGBTIQ people around the world: Beyond marriage equality and the decriminalisation of homosexuality

2021 ◽  
pp. 1037969X2098665
Author(s):  
Paula Gerber ◽  
Senthorun Raj ◽  
Cai Wilkinson ◽  
Anthony Langlois
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Marriage Equality ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
High Profile ◽  
The World ◽  
Sexual Conduct ◽  
The Many ◽  
Rights Issues

Discussions about the human rights of LGBTIQ people tend to centre around two vastly different issues, namely, marriage equality and the criminalisation of same-sex sexual conduct. However, looking only at these two high-profile issues ignores the many pressing concerns facing LGBTIQ people around the world. This article identifies and analyses eight other human rights issues that urgently need addressing, in order to respect the rights of LGBTIQ people across the globe.

scholarly journals Legislating Language Use in Alberta: A Century of Incidental Provisions for a Fundamental Matter

1969 ◽  
pp. 463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmund A. Aunger
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Minority Languages ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
The Past ◽  
Fundamental Matter ◽  
The Many ◽  
Language Law

Language law deals with a matter of fundamental importance, and language rights haw been wide recognized as fundamental human rights. Yet very little is known about Alberta's legislative provisions for language use. This article examines those provisions that have had the greatest impact over the past century and places them in their historical context. It also presents a comprehensive overview of the many unheralded provisions and organizes them according to their thematic significance. During Alberta's early decades these language provisions commonly imposed English and repressed minority languages. In more recent years they have promoted a greater tolerance for French and other languages.

scholarly journals Dilema Penggunaan “Syariah” Dalam Deklarasi-Deklarasi HAM Islam

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Nurul Amin Hudin
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Universal Declaration ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
The World ◽  
The Many

Among the many religions in the world, Islam is the only religion that explicitly declares the notion of human rights known as al-Bayàn al-`Alam ‘an Huqùq al-Insàn fi al-Islàm (Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Islam). Therefore, it is clear that Islam truly respects human rights. However, the use of the term "Islam" in the declaration implies that the declaration was based on sharia. Even though the principles of sharia in question tend to discriminate against other religious groups, slaves, and women. This article will explain some of the ambiguities in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Islam and suggest more adequate ideas in the enforcement of human rights campaigns in the Islamic world.

Introduction

The Cauldron ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Rob Weighill ◽  
Florence Gaub
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Arab Spring ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Economic Potential ◽  
Oil Wealth ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Arab Spring

This chapter discusses the historical context of Gaddafi, his revolutionary system and reign in power for over forty years and sets the scene for all that followed when the Arab Spring erupted in Libya in January 2011. It portrays a country with significant economic potential stimulated by oil wealth but largely squandered by a lack of diversification and foreign direct investment, and the many challenges it faced in terms of economy, human rights and security. Finally, it lays out the regime’s responses to the early beginnings of the Arab Spring.

scholarly journals Application of Taiwan’s Human Rights-Themed Cultural Assets and Spatial Information

Complexity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Shuhui Lin
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Experience Economy ◽  
Cultural Assets ◽  
Spatial Practice ◽  
The World ◽  
Spatial Information Technology

Cultural assets preserve the traces of people’s life history around the world. With an understanding of the historical context and meaning of cultural assets, people would cherish their value and then adopt appropriate cultural resource preservation strategies. Human rights as the universal value refer to the inalienable and basic rights of human beings. This article uses the National Cultural Assets Network to query Taiwan’s human rights-themed cultural assets, and I apply the spatial information technology of the DocuSky digital humanities academic research platform to draw the maps with GIS and visualization tools. Also, I apply spatial information to the academic research of human rights-themed cultural assets, aiming to deepen local cultural identity and unveiling that human studies influence spatial practice. Tourism is an important experience economy. Based on the value of Taiwan’s human rights-themed cultural assets, I plan to guide the human rights journey in Taipei to share Taiwan’s experience of happiness with the world, as well.

Children's Rights: Building From a Sense of Fairness. An Interview with Landon Pearson

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mónica Ruiz-Casares
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Children’S Rights ◽  
25Th Anniversary ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Time Period ◽  
The World ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
The Many

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The most widely endorsed human rights instrument, the UNCRC represents a key legislative and advocacy tool to promote and protect children’s rights and, in so doing, to change attitudes towards childhood. Despite the many challenges that remain, children’s rights have transformed our way of looking at children and how children are treated around the world. In Canada, this time period is intimately tied to the figure of Landon Pearson, former Canadian Senator (1994-2005), founder of the Landon Pearson Resource Centre for the Study of Childhood & Children's Rights at Carleton University, and a tireless advocate for children’s rights. In this interview with McGill Professor Mónica Ruiz-Casares, Landon Pearson traces back her interest in children’s rights and children’s voice, and reflects on the UNCRC—the context in which it emerged, its achievements and shortcomings to date, and the opportunities and challenges ahead. She shares her views on leadership and provides advice to researchers and practitioners to advance children’s rights into the future.

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