Full Description
Human rights are essential to global health, yet rising threats in an increasingly divided world are challenging the progressive evolution of health-related human rights. It is necessary to empower a new generation of scholars, advocates, and practitioners to sustain the global commitment to universal rights in public health. Looking to the next generation to face the struggles ahead, this book provides a detailed understanding of the evolving relationship between global health and human rights, laying a human rights foundation for the advancement of transformative health policies, programs, and practices.
International human rights law has been repeatedly shown to advance health and wellbeing - empowering communities and fostering accountability for realizing the highest attainable standard of health. This book provides a compelling examination of international human rights as essential for advancing public health. It demonstrates how human rights strengthens human autonomy and dignity, while placing clear responsibilities on government to safeguard the public's health and safety.
Bringing together leading academics in the field of health and human rights, this volume: (1) explains the norms and principles that define the field, (2) examines the methods and tools for implementing human rights to promote health, (3) applies essential human rights to leading public health threats, and (4) analyzes rising human rights challenges in a rapidly globalizing world. This foundational text shows why interdisciplinary scholarship and action are essential for health-related human rights, placing human rights at the center of public health and securing a future of global health with justice.
Contents
Foreword: Human Rights are Central to Global HealthDr. Tedros Adhanom GhebreyesusIntroduction: Global Health & Human RightsLawrence O. Gostin & Benjamin Mason MeierI. The Human Rights Movement: International Norms and PrinciplesChapter 1. The Birth and Development of Human Rights for HealthBenjamin Mason Meier, Thérèse Murphy & Lawrence O. GostinChapter 2. Global Health Law: Legal Foundations for Social Justice in Public HealthLawrence O. Gostin, Matiangai V. S. Sirleaf & Eric A. FriedmanChapter 3. The Right to Health and Health-Related Human RightsJohn Tobin & Damon BarrettChapter 4. The Rights-Based Approach to HealthFlavia Bustreo & Curtis F.J. DoebblerII. Bringing Rights Home: Tools for Human Rights Implementation and AccountabilityChapter 5. Translating International Law into Domestic Law, Policy, and PracticeGillian MacNaughton & Angela DugerChapter 6. Human Rights Advocacy in Global HealthJoseph J. Amon & Eric A. FriedmanChapter 7. Monitoring and Review to Assess Human Rights ImplementationBenjamin Mason Meier, Hanna Huffstetler & Judith Bueno de MesquitaChapter 8. Justiciability of Human Rights for HealthColleen M. Flood & Bryan ThomasChapter 9. Advancing Human Rights through Global Health GovernanceBenjamin Mason Meier, Margherita Marianna Cinà & Lawrence O. GostinIII. Contemporary Applications: Healthy People, Healthy PopulationsChapter 10. Communicable Diseases, Health Security, and Human Rights: From AIDS to EbolaSharifah Sekalala & John HarringtonChapter 11. Human Rights and Non-Communicable Diseases: Controlling Tobacco and Promoting Healthy DietsBrigit Toebes & David PattersonChapter 12. The Emergence of "New" Health- Related Human Rights: Recognizing the Human Rights to Water and SanitationBenjamin Mason Meier & Inga T. WinklerChapter 13. Chronic Illness: Disability and Mental HealthOliver Lewis & Soumitra PathareChapter 14. Equity in Health: Sexual and Reproductive Health and RightsTerry McGovern & Aziza AhmedIV. New Challenges: Human Rights to Advance Public Health in a Globalizing EraChapter 15. Health and Human Rights through Global Development: The Right to Development, Rights-Based Approach to Development, and Sustainable Development GoalsStephen P. Marks & Alice HanChapter 16. International Trade, Public Health, and Human RightsChuang-Feng Wu & Chien-Huei WuChapter 17. Health & Human Rights in Conflict and EmergenciesDabney P. Evans, Edward L. Queen & Lara S. MartinChapter 18. Human Subjects in Globalized Health ResearchAndrés Constantin & Roberto AndornoChapter 19. The Environment, a Changing Climate, and Planetary HealthAlexandra PhelanChapter 20. Global Health & Human Rights in the Age of PopulismLawrence O. Gostin, Andrés Constantin & Benjamin Mason MeierConclusion
