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United Nations' Human Right Documents
 
United Nations General Assembly Special Session
on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS)
          Web Documents
 
 
FULL-TEXT DOCUMENT
2003 UNGASS national progress reports
September 2003
UN Assembly Documents
 
FULL-TEXT DOCUMENT
The UNGASS, Gender and Women’s Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in Latin America
and the Caribbean
 Report

FULL-TEXT DOCUMENT
 United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS(UNGASS)
July 2002
UN Assembly Documents

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Assessing global commitment to the UNGASS declaration of commitment on HIV/AIDS
MJ Roseman, S Gruskin
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
   
  Assessing global commitment to the UNGASS declaration of commitment on HIV/AIDS
 MJ Roseman, S Gruskin
 SA Wolfe
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
 
UNGASS declaration of commitments- can this be a good tool for civil society involvement in the issue of HIV/AIDS.
SA Khan
(15IAC)
 Abstract
 
Monitoring and evaluation of the UNGASS declaration of commitments
J Kimani, B Ogutu, S Mburu
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
 
UNGASS: its follow-up and the Mexican civil society's participation.
Point of view of a Mexican organization
C García de León-Moreno, J Huerdo Siqueiros, Y Rojas Aldama T AVE de Mexico´s
(15IAC)
 Abstract
 
Stories from the Frontlines - Experiences and lessons learned in the first two years
of advocacy around the declaration of commitment ,adopted at the United nations
general assembly special session (UNGASS) on HIV/AIDS.
MA Torres, S Banerjee
(15IAC)
 Abstract
Human Rights and the Law
HIV Infection/Disease

HIV Infection/Disease

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 AIDS and the Law: Then and Now
Andrias RT,  Sullivan B
 Human Rights Magazine Fall 2004
 Paper
Human Rights and Technology
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Human rights in the biotechnology era 1
Benatar SR  
BMC Int Health Hum Rights 2002 Apr 17;2(1):3
 Paper
Essential Medicines
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
A human rights approach to the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines.
Seuba X.    
Bull World Health Organ. 2006 May;84(5):405-407.
 Paper
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Essential medicines and human rights: what can they learn from each other?
Hogerzeil HV.  
Bull World Health Organ. 2006 May;84(5):371-375.
 Paper
Women’s Rights
 

General Rights

     Internet Documents

  FULL-TEXT REPORT
Policy Paralysis:  A Call for Action on HIV/AIDS-Related Human Rights Abuses
Against Women and Girls in Africa
Human Rights Watch 
December 01, 2003
Report
 
FULL-TEXT DOCUMENT
 The UNGASS, Gender and Women’s Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in Latin America
and the Caribbean
 Report
 
Reproductive Rights

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  HIV-positive women in northeast Brazil: Tubal sterilization, medical recommendation and
reproductive rights.
 Oliveira F, Kerr L, Frota A, et al
AIDS Care. 2007 Nov;19(10):1258-65.
 Abstract

PMTCT Challenges

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Human rights considerations in the administration of PMTCT programs
LE Katzive
 (15IAC)
Abstract
Children’s Rights
 

        Internet Documents

 
FULL-TEXT REPORT
El Salvador: Child Labor on Sugar Plantations
Human Rights Web
June 10, 2004
 Internet Report

HRW's Letter to Secretary Rumsfeld on Child Detainees at Guantanamo Urges
Child Protections
April 24, 2003
Letter

  

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Neonatal euthanasia: moral considerations and criminal liability.
 Sklansky M
J Med Ethics 2001; 27:5-11
 Abstract

       Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  The general comment on HIV/AIDS and the rights of the child: How can it make a difference?
S Gruskin, MJ Roseman, M Maluwa, et al
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
 
Children's Rights and HIV
 M Conway
 (15IAC)
 Abstract

        Links

  Human Rights Watch: Children' Rights  
Fetal Rights
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Protection of human research subjects. Final rule.
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).  
Fed Regist 2001 Nov 13;66(219):56775-80
 Abstract
Prisoners' Rights
 

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
It's doom alone that counts": can international human rights law be an effective source of rights in correctional conditions litigation?
Perlin ML, Dlugacz HA.
Behav Sci Law. 2009;27(5):675-94.
 Abstract

Torture and its sequel-a comparison between victims from six countries.
Moisander PA, Edston E.
 Forensic Sci Int. 2003 Nov 26;137(2-3):133-40.
 Abstract
 
Custody-related deaths in durban, South Africa 1998-2000.
Bhana BD.
 Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2003 Jun;24(2):202-7
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT  ARTICLE
 HRW World Report 2002: Ending the Abusive Treatment of Prisoners
Human Rights Watch; World Report 2002-Prisons
 May 2003
 Paper
 
  FULL-TEXT  ARTICLE
 Incarcerated America
Human Rights Watch Backgrounder 
April 2003
PDF Paper
 
Pregnant and imprisoned in the United States.
Amnesty International.
Birth 2000 Dec;27(4):266-271
 Abstract		  

       Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Violations of Human Rights of Detainees at Guantanamo Bay
M Grodin
 (134 APHA)
 Abstract
Right to Health
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Health systems and the right to health: an assessment of 194 countries.
Backman G, Hunt P, Khosla R, Jaramillo-Strouss, et al  
Lancet. 2008 Dec 13;372(9655):2047-85.
 Abstract

Neglected diseases, civil conflicts, and the right to health.
Beyrer C, Villar JC, Suwanvanichkij V, et al
Lancet. 2007 Aug 18;370(9587):619-27.
 Abstract
Right to Palliative Care
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
  A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Palliative care as an international human right.
Brennan E
J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007 May;33(5):494-9.
Abstract
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