Health
Human Rights in Healthcare - A Framework for Local Action
The British Institution of Human Rights and The Department of Health, March 2007
The Department of Health, the British Institute of Human Rights and five NHS Trusts have worked in conjunction to produce this framework to assist NHS trusts to develop and apply human rights based approaches (HRBAs) in their organisations.
It lays a foundation by introducing human rights key principles and their link to healthcare; examines the relevant Human Rights Act 1998 and its implications; gives examples and indicators for a human rights-based approach; presents 5 case studies of NHS Trusts developing human rights-based approaches in their work. Most importantly it goes into detail, and presents evidence on how this approach benefits the healthcare system and its patients.
Developing a Human Rights-Based Approach to Addressing Maternal Mortality - Desk Review
DFID Health Resource Centre, January 2005
The purpose of this Desk Review is to provide an evidence-based assessment of the potential of rights-based approaches for accelerating a reduction in maternal mortality. In particular, to identify how a rights perspective can increase the focus on equity and thus improve health outcomes for poor women. The argument developed in this Review is that carefully contextualised rights-based approaches can add a critical impetus to existing means of reducing maternal mortality. This can be achieved by enabling key policy actors in both government and civil society to recognise and find ways of directly addressing the economic, social, cultural and political forces that constrain poor women and their families from asserting their right to maternal health.
A Rights-Based Approach to Reproductive Health Author: Adrienne Kols from Outlook, December 2003
Human rights and reproductive health advocates increasingly are working together to advance women’s and men’s well-being. The modern human rights system is based on a series of legally binding international treaties that make use of principles of ethics and social justice, many of which are directly relevant to reproductive health care. By placing reproductive health in a broader context, a rights-based approach can provide tools to analyze the root causes of health problems and inequities in service delivery. This paper identifies relevant rights to the issue and to respective treaties, analyses the benefits of a rights-based approach, as well as looks at obligations, responsibilities and implementation. The author includes some examples from the field.
WHO Resource Book on Mental Health, Human Rights, and Legislation
World Health Organization, 2005.
Challenges in the Implementation of Women’s Human Rights: Field Perspectives on Domestic Violence and HIV/AIDS
Sarah Forti, COWI/AS, Kampala, Uganda, February 2005
The Right to Health: An Interview with Professor Paul Hunt
Essex Human Rights Review, vol 2, no. 1, 2005.
Tsunamis, Millennium Development Goals, and Health Professionals, Strategising for monitoring the Right to Health
International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations, Elizabeth Solomon, January 2005.
Database on Health and Human Rights Actors
This World Health Organization database contains information gathered from a survey of organizations concerning their structures and programs. It is searchable by country (where the organization is located) or by specific health issue.
The Right to Health: A Resource Manual for NGOS
American Association for the Advancement of Science, September 2004.
Outlook: A Rights-Based Approach to Reproductive Health PATH, December 2003.
Human Rights Dialogue: Rights and the Struggle for Health
Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. Series 2, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2001.
Saving Women's Lives: A Call to Rights-Based Action UNICEF, 2000 (abstract only).
25 Questions and Answers on Health and Human Rights
World Health Organization. Health and Human Rights Publication Series, No. 1, July 2002.