Foundations of Global Health & Human Rights
Published on 17. September 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
488 pages
978-0-19-752830-3 (ISBN)
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
This book is an essential overview for students of health and human rights, who can quickly acquire a flavor of the field and understanding of essential tools and dilemmas. * Patty Skuster, Human Rights Review * This edited book pioneers the interdisciplinary field of international human rights law and global health governance. It argues that global governance regimes have created and built a legal framework where health-related rights are explicit, protected and are advocated for by individuals and communities across the world. * Sabine I. Franklin, University of Westminster, Medicine, Conflict and Survival *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
906 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-752830-3 (9780197528303)
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Persons
Lawrence O. Gostin is University Professor (Georgetown University's highest academic rank), Founding O'Neill Chair in Global Health Law, and Director of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law. Professor Gostin is the Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on National and Global Health Law, and serves on expert WHO advisory committees. He is a Member of the National Academy of Medicine/National Academy of Sciences, Council on Foreign Relations, and Hastings Center.
Benjamin Mason Meier is an Associate Professor of Global Health Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Scholar at Georgetown Law School's O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, and a consultant to international organizations, national governments, and nongovernmental organizations. Dr. Meier's interdisciplinary research-at the intersection of global health, international law, and public policy-examines the development, evolution, and application of human rights in global health.
Benjamin Mason Meier is an Associate Professor of Global Health Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Scholar at Georgetown Law School's O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, and a consultant to international organizations, national governments, and nongovernmental organizations. Dr. Meier's interdisciplinary research-at the intersection of global health, international law, and public policy-examines the development, evolution, and application of human rights in global health.
Editor
University Professor; Founding Linda D. & Timothy J. ONeill Professor of Global Health LawUniversity Professor; Founding Linda D. & Timothy J. ONeill Professor of Global Health Law, Georgetown University
Associate Professor of Global Health PolicyAssociate Professor of Global Health Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapil Hill
Content
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, Therese 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 Cina & 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 ResearchAndres 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, Andres Constantin & Benjamin Mason MeierConclusion