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Human rights approaches to reducing infertility.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics [Int J Gynaecol Obstet] 2023 Jul; Vol. 162 (1), pp. 368-374. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 28.
Abstract: In April 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued new estimates affirming that one in six individuals experience infertility globally. Yet, many states are unclear on their responsibility to prevent infertility, ensure access to treatment, and ...
Operations research and analytics to combat human trafficking: A systematic review of academic literature.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): PloS one [PLoS One] 2022 Aug 29; Vol. 17 (8), pp. e0273708. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Aug 29 (Print Publication: 2022).
Abstract: Human trafficking is a widespread and compound social, economic, and human rights issue occurring in every region of the world. While there have been an increasing number of anti-human trafficking studies from the Operations Research and Analytics doma...
A nationwide evaluation study of the quality of care and respect of human rights in mental health facilities in Ghana: results from the World Health Organization QualityRights initiative.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): BMC public health [BMC Public Health] 2022 Apr 02; Vol. 22 (1), pp. 639. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Apr 02.
Abstract: Background: In 2012, Ghana ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and enacted a Mental Health Act to improve the quality of mental health care and stop human rights violations against people with mental health...
Could international human rights obligations motivate countries to implement tobacco cessation support?
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Addiction (Abingdon, England) [Addiction] 2023 Mar; Vol. 118 (3), pp. 399-406. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 28.
Abstract: Background and Aims: The World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) seeks to realize the right to health through national tobacco control policies. However, few states have met their obligations under Article 14 of t...
Multinational corporations and human right violations in emerging economies: Do commitment to social and environmental responsibility matter?
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Journal of environmental management [J Environ Manage] 2021 Feb 15; Vol. 280, pp. 111689. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Dec 18.
Abstract: With the surge in economic growth in the global-north vis-a-vis social and economic inequalities in the global-south (north-south dichotomy), there is an increasing requirement for critical research and an examination of the policy implications with re...
Internationalized science and human rights activism during the late Cold War: The French Committee of Mathematicians.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Social studies of science [Soc Stud Sci] 2021 Dec; Vol. 51 (6), pp. 871-894. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 25.
Abstract: This article examines the ties between an internationalised science and transnational activism, in particular for causes considered universal, such as defending human rights, during the late Cold War. It focuses on a scientific network that supported m...
A Latin American view of the human rights approach to tobacco control.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Addiction (Abingdon, England) [Addiction] 2023 Mar; Vol. 118 (3), pp. 410-411. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Oct 12.
Assessing quality of care and observance of human rights in residential mental health facilities in Greece through the WHO QualityRights tool kit.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie [Int J Psychol] 2023 Feb; Vol. 58 (1), pp. 59-68. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Aug 23.
Abstract: In this paper, we present and reflect upon the process of evaluating two residential mental health facilities in Thessaloniki, Greece, through the WHO QualityRights tool kit. The QualityRights tool kit is a structured process for assessing quality of c...
The Autonomy of Science as a Civilian Casualty of Economic Warfare: Inadvertent Censorship of Science Resulting from Unilateral Economic Sanctions.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Science and engineering ethics [Sci Eng Ethics] 2021 Jul 28; Vol. 27 (4), pp. 49. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 28.
Abstract: Unilateral coercive international political, diplomatic, and economic sanctions are regular events of international relations and international law within the landscape of foreign affairs. However, while they may be prescribed by international law, or ...