Beyond the Market: Health Care as a Civil or Human Right?
[Editor's note: This article is cross-posted from Human Rights Now, the blog of Amnesty International USA.] A dramatic disconnect between …Continue Reading
Tag Archives: human rights
A Response to Amon et al.
[Editor's note: The following is a Letter to the Editors of Health and Human Rights: An International Journal from Andrea …Continue Reading
Why won’t the US agree to human rights treaties?
On July 30, US ambassador Susan Rice signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), joining …Continue Reading
Child Witches – Superstition, blame, and money
There is a growing trend around the world of children being accused of witchcraft. Once accused of witchcraft, a child …Continue Reading
Health and human rights series on the Change.org Global Health blog
Over the past two months, Michael Keizer wrote a series of posts on health and human rights that may be …Continue Reading
Pope Benedict’s contraceptive “condomnation”
Touring Africa in May, Pope Benedict XVI provoked controversy when he told an enthusiastic crowd in Cameroon that condoms are …Continue Reading
Youth in combat: Rehabilitation of child soldiers
A former child soldier from Uganda, Grace Akallo, recently spoke at the UN Security Council about her experiences being abducted, …Continue Reading
Talking about Rape: New Efforts to Prevent Sexual Violence in Africa
A new campaign in Cameroon is seeking to bring more attention to sexual violence against women by encouraging survivors of …Continue Reading
