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Monitoring HIV, HCV, TB and Harm Reduction in Prisons: A Human Rights-Based Tool to Prevent Ill Treatment

G. Sander Harm Reduction International; European Union (2016) C2

February 2016

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Local suffering and the global discourse of mental health and human rights: An ethnographic study of responses to mental illness in rural Ghana

Ursula M Read, Edward Adiibokah and Solomon Nyame Globalization and Health (2009) CC

The Global Movement for Mental Health has brought renewed attention to the neglect of people with mental illness within health policy worldwide. The maltreatment of the mentally ill in many low-income countries is widely reported within psychiatric hospitals, informal healing centres, and family hom... more

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“We Have to Be Worried”. The Impact of Lead Contamination on Children’s Rights in Kabwe, Zambia

Human Rights Watch (2019) C1

Children in Kabwe are especially at risk because they are more likely to ingest lead dust when playing in the soil, their brains and bodies are still developing, and they absorb four to five times as much lead as adults. The consequences for children who are exposed to high levels of lead and are no... more

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Current status of Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Bangladesh: Legal and Grassroots Perspectives

National Grassroots and Disabilities Organization (NGDO), National Council for Women with Disabilities (NCDW), Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) (2015) C1

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ETHICAL GUIDELINES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH ON HUMAN PARTICIPANTS

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (2006) C1

“As if We Weren’t Human” -Discrimination and Violence against Women with Disabilities in Northern Uganda

Human Rights Watch (2010) C1

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Harsh punishment - The Human Toll of Georgia’s Abusive Drug Policies

G. Gogia Human Rights Watch (2018) C2

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The Simplified Version of Disability Rights in Ghana

Nana Oye-Lithur, Shyamala Stickney, & Sashy Nathan Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (2007) C1

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Building Agreement on Restitution Rights with the Myanmar Peace Process and National Legal FrameworkK. Manual for Practioners

Norwegian Refugee Council, Displacement Solutions, Joint Peace Fund (2019) C1

This manual outlines proposals for the insertion of housing, land and property restitution rights simultaneously within the context of the ongoing peace process and within broader national legal reform efforts, including work towards a national land... more

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From Norm to Practice: A Status Report on Implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Kenya

Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (2014) C1

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Obstacles to Housing, Land and Property Rights in Northern Mon State

Norwegian Refugee Council European Union (2019) C1

A Field-Based Assessment of Formal and Informal Procedures and Practices

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United against Rabies Collaboration

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

Rabies is entirely preventable, and vaccines, medicines, tools and technologies have long been available to prevent people from dying of dog-mediated rabies. Nevertheless, rabies still kills about 60 000 people a year, of whom over 40% are children under 15, mainly in rural areas of economically dis... more

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OSCE human dimension commitments and state responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe OSCE (2020) CC

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a formative experience for all humanity and a health emergency of global proportions, presenting a huge challenge to national leaders, health systems, and citizens. The findings of a new report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and ... Rights (ODIHR) shows that it has also been a test to our democracies and the respect for human rights to which countries across the OSCE committed many years ago. more

The Catholic Church's perspective of human dignity as the basis of dialogue with the secular world

Alva, R. Nanzan University, Japan (2017) CC

The Catholic Church maintains that the Imago Dei is the ground for human dignity. The secular world, too, endorses human dignity as the foundation for ... rights without referring to Imago Dei. The Catholic Church and the secular world both agree on the importance of human dignity, even though they differ on their views about the source of human dignity. In this paper, we shall examine if human dignity can be the basis of a fruitful dialogue between the Catholic Church and the secular world in order to make our world a better place to live. The primary resources for our study are the Church documents on human dignity, and the opinions of distinguished thinkers on the need to promote a culture of dialogue between religions and secular world. more

Practical guide to inclusive and rights-based responses to Covid-19 in the Americas

OAS (2020) CC

WHY THIS GUIDE? Because, in the face of crises and emergencies, it is vital to include a human rights perspective in responses. Vulnerable groups face major obstacles to accessing and benefiting fr... more