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Country	Year	Publisher	Title	More information/subtitle	Link	Download
Brazil	2009	Law School, University of Aberdeen	The right to health in Brazil	Published as part of the 'Monitoring the Right to Health' project, aimed at analysing the realisation of the right to health in a number of countries	University of Aberdeen
China	2005	Human Rights Watch	Restrictions on AIDS Activists in China	Based on interviews with Chinese AIDS activists, gay rights activists, activists working with drug users and website managers this report shows that many AIDS activists face state harassment and bureaucratic restrictions	HRW
India	2008	People's Collective on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	Divided Destinies, Unequal Lives	Economic, cultural and social rights and the Indian State
India	2007	CEHAT	Vulnerable Groups in India	Advocacy document on health and human rights of vulnerable groups	CEHAT
India	2006	CEHAT	Comments on Article 12, Right to Enjoyment of Physical and Mental Health	Response to the Indian government's report to CESCR	CEHAT
India	2006	Government of India	Report to Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	Combined 2nd, 3rd,4th and 5th Periodic Reports
Iran	2007	Law School, University of Aberdeen, UK	The right to health in Iran	Published as part of the 'Right to Health in the Middle East' project, aimed at analysing the realisation of the right to health in a number of countries across the world	University of Aberdeen
Israel	2009	Physicians for Human Rights-Israel	Ill Morals: Grave Violations of the Right to Health during the Israeli Assault on Gaza		PHR-Israel
Israel	2008	Law School, University of Aberdeen, UK	The right to health in Israel	Published as part of the 'Right to Health in the Middle East' project, aimed at analysing the realisation of the right to health in a number of countries	University of Aberdeen
Jordan	2007	Law School, University of Aberdeen, UK	The right to health in Jordan	Published as part of the 'Right to Health in the Middle East' project, aimed at analysing the realisation of the right to health in a number of countries	University of Aberdeen
Kenya	2008	World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)	Addressing the economic, social and cultural root causes of torture in Kenya	Alternative report submitted to the UN Committee Against Torture	OMCT
Kenya	2008	Independent Medico-Legal Unit	Torture and related violations in Kenya	Alternative report submitted to the UN Committee Against Torture	IMLU
Lebanon	2007	Law School, University of Aberdeen, UK	The right to health in Lebanon	Published as part of the 'Right to Health in the Middle East' project, aimed at analysing the realisation of the right to health in a number of countries	University of Aberdeen
Lebanon	2006	United Nations	Report on Lebanon/Israel conflict of August 2006	(A/HRC/2/7) This report was jointly submitted by four Special Rapporteurs to the Human Rights Council	Human Rights Centre, University of Essex
Mexico	2006		Report of civil society organisations on the situation of economic, social, cultural and environmental rights in Mexico (1997-2006)	Chapter on the right to health of the alternative report to the IV periodic report of the Mexican state on the implementation of the ICESCR, presented to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	IFHHRO
Mozambique	2005	United Nations	Report on Mission to Mozambique	Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health (E/CN.4/2005/51/Add.2) submitted to the Commission on Human Rights	Human Rights Centre, University of Essex
Nigeria	2008	Law School, University of Aberdeen, UK	The right to health in Nigeria	Published as part of the 'Monitoring the Right to Health: a Multi-Country Study', aimed at analysing the realisation of the right to health in a number of countries across the world	University of Aberdeen
Peru	2007	Physicians for Human Rights USA	Deadly delays - Maternal Mortality in Peru		PHR
Peru	2005	United Nations	Report on Mission to Peru	Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health (E/CN.4/2005/51/Add.3) Report submitted to the Commission on Human Rights	Human Rights Centre, University of Essex
Romania	2006	Human Rights Watch	Life Doesn't Wait. Romania’s Failure to Protect and Support Children and Youth Living with HIV	This report documents violations of the rights to education, health, privacy and information of the more than 7,200 Romanian children and youth that became infected with HIV over 15 years ago	HRW
Romania	2005	United Nations	Report on Mission to Romania	Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health (E/CN.4/2005/51/Add.4) This report was submitted to the Commission on Human Rights	OHCHR
Russian Federation	2005	Human Rights Watch	Positively Abandoned. Stigma and Discrimination against HIV-Positive Mothers and their Children in Russia	This report focuses on the discrimination women living with HIV in Russia face, as do their children, many of whom are abandoned to the care of the state	HRW
Russian Federation	2004	Human Rights Watch	Lessons Not Learned: Human Rights Abuses and HIV/AIDS in the Russian Federation	Report on the oppression of drug use in the Russian Federation and how it impacts on the health and human rights of drug users	HRW
Saudi Arabia	2009	Law School, University of Aberdeen	The right to health in Saudi Arabia	Published as part of the Right to Health in the Middle East project	University of Aberdeen
Serbia	2005	FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights)	Serbia: discrimination and corruption, the flaws in the health care system	Alternative report to the report submitted by the Government of Serbia-Montenegro to the CESCR	FIDH
South Africa	2009	South African Human Rights Commission	Public hearing: Access to health care Services	Report on a public enquiry into the right to access to health care	SAHRC	(part1) (part2)
South Africa	2007	South African Human Rights Commission	Provincial findings in preparation for the South African Human Rights Commission public enquiry into the right to have access to health care services. Synthesis Report	Report of a nationwide study on the access to health care	SAHRC
Sweden	2007	United Nations	Report on the mission of the Special Rapporteur to Sweden	Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health (A/HRC/4/28/Add.2) This report was submitted to the Human Rights Council	Human Rights Centre, University of Essex
Uganda	2009	WHO Country Office/Ministry of Health	Fact sheet Health and Human Rights in Uganda		WHO Uganda
Uganda	2006	United Nations	Report on the mission of the Special Rapporteur to Uganda	Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health (E/CN.4/2006/48/Add.2) This report was submitted to the Commission on Human Rights on 19 January 2006	Human Rights Centre, University of Essex
Ukraine	2006	Human Rights Watch	Rhetoric and Risk. Human Rights Abuses Impeding Ukraine’s Fight Against HIV/AIDS	This report documents how drug laws and routine police abuse of injection drug users keep them from receiving lifesaving HIV information and services that the government has pledged to provide.	HRW
United Kingdom	2008	Global Health Advocacy Project	Proposals to Exclude Overseas Visitors from Eligibility to Free NHS Primary Medical Services	A summary of submissions to a Department of Health consultation whose findings were never published	Medsin
USA	2005	The Opportunity Agenda	Health, Opportunity, and Human Rights at Home	This 5-page policy brief advocates universal and equal access to high quality healthcare in the USA, where 45 million people have no health insurance	Opportunity Agenda
USA	2006	United Nations	Report on the situation of detainees at Guantanamo Bay	(E/CN.4/2006/120) This report was jointly submitted by five Special Rapporteurs to the Commission on Human Rights	FIDH
Zimbabwe	2006	Human Rights Watch	No Bright Future. Government Failures, Human Rights Abuses and Squandered Progress in the Fight against AIDS in Zimbabwe	This report documents how the abusive policies and practices of the Zimbabwean government are fueling the HIV/AIDS epidemic, increasing vulnerability to infection, and obstructing access to treatment.	HRW

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