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Dabney Evans, MPH, CHES, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1525 Clifton Rd., Office 103F, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-3061, devan01@sph.emory.edu

This presentation will provide an overview of the major international treaties addressing the vulnerable groups identified for this session-namely race, gender and religion. We will examine the origins of the right to health in international human rights documents as well as the so called non-discrimination clause which exists in all major human rights documents. Major international treaties such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will be presented. Additionally treaties addressing specific vulnerable groups such as the International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and the Convention on the Elimination of all forms for Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) will be presented with special attention to the clauses regarding health. The obligations of public health professionals in providing non-discriminatory public health care, goods and services will be presented.

Learning Objectives:

• describe the major international human rights documents relating to vulnerable groups on the basis of race, and gender;
• identify the role of public health professionals in providing non-discriminatory public health care goods and services

Keywords: Human Rights, Vulnerable Populations

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No