So many wrongs, what about the rights?

APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing

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

The world is full of human wrongs, so what is so right about human rights? In this session participants will be given a primer on health and human rights. This will include a brief introduction to the international human rights system and the major international human rights documents that include the right to health. The pioneering work of Jonathan Mann is developing a theoretical base for health and human rights will be presented. Recent developments to the international system supporting the right to health, such as the appointment of a Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health and the development of principles for “rights based approaches” for health will be presented.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this session participants will be able to

1. List the major international treaties that include a provision on the right to health;
2. Describe the theoretical underpinnings linking health and human rights;
3. Identify important resources for health and human rights; and
4. Describe important principles underlying human rights and rights based approaches to health

Keywords: Human Rights,

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No

Recorded presentation

What’s So Right about Rights? Foundations of Health and Human Rights

The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA