scholarly journals Public Health and Human Rights Law: Challenges and Priorities in International and Domestic Safety Regulation 3rd European Forum on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

2020 ◽  
pp. 319-321
Author(s):  
Robert Tabaszewski
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Safety Regulation ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Health And Human Rights ◽  
European Forum

scholarly journals A legal obligation under international law to guarantee access to abortion services in contexts of armed conflict? An analysis of the case of Colombia

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Juliana Laguna Trujillo
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Transitional Justice ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Health And Human Rights ◽  
International Obligation ◽  
Women And Girls

Abstract This article discusses the existence of an international obligation for the State of Colombia to guarantee access to abortion services for women and girls who are victims of conflict-related sexual violence in the context of the Colombian armed conflict. By examining international humanitarian law rules from an international human rights law lens, it sets out the interdependence between both frameworks from reproductive health and human rights perspectives. Furthermore, the article provides considerations on the recognition and redress of these violations in the transitional justice scenario in Colombia.

scholarly journals Stigmatisation as a Public Health Tool against Obesity — A Health and Human Rights Perspective

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mette Hartlev
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Health And Human Rights ◽  
Disease Patterns ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
National Public Health ◽  
The Right ◽  
Lifestyle Diseases

The right to health is recognised in human rights law and is also part of the catalogue of patients’ rights. It imposes a duty on governments to put in place a system of health protection making it possible for individuals to enjoy the highest attainable standard of health. However, disease patterns are constantly changing, and more and more attention is being paid to so-called lifestyle diseases. Individuals may expose themselves to health threats due to personal choices like eating and smoking habits, and this raises the issue of the individual’s obligation with regard to ill health. Hence, is there not only a right to health but also a duty to be healthy? Using obesity as an example, and based on a cross-disciplinary research project, the article analyses selected European and national public health policy papers to see how individual rights and duties are framed and to analyse the use of stigmatisation as a public-health strategy from a health and human rights perspective.

Prostitution, public health, and human-rights law

The Lancet ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 356 (9243) ◽  
pp. 1764 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bebe Loff ◽  
Beth Gaze ◽  
Christopher Fairley
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Health And Human Rights

International Human Rights Law and Blockade

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip Drew
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
European Court ◽  
Power And Control ◽  
International Human ◽  
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction ◽  
And Control

The years since the beginning of the twenty-first century have seen a significant incursion of international human rights law into the domain that had previously been the within the exclusive purview of international humanitarian law. The expansion of extraterritorial jurisdiction, particularly by the European Court of Human Rights, means that for many states, the exercise of physical power and control over an individual outside their territory may engage the jurisdiction of human rights obligations. Understanding the expansive tendencies of certain human rights tribunals, and the apparent disdain they have for any ambiguity respecting human rights, it is offered that the uncertain nature of the law surrounding humanitarian relief during blockades could leave blockading forces vulnerable to legal challenge under human rights legislation, particularly in cases in which starvation occurs as a result of a blockade.

Still a blind spot: The protection of LGBT persons during armed conflict and other situations of violence

2018 ◽  
Vol 100 (907-909) ◽  
pp. 237-265
Author(s):  
Alon Margalit
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Blind Spot ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Important Progress

AbstractThis article draws attention to the situation of LGBT persons during armed conflict. Subjected to violence and discrimination outside the context of armed conflict, the latter aggravates their vulnerability and exposure to various abuses. Despite important progress made with respect to their protection under human rights law, a similar effort is largely absent from the international humanitarian law discourse. This article accordingly highlights some of the norms and challenges pertaining to the protection of LGBT persons in time of war.

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