Practical information for NGOs, e.g., on monitoring strategies and writing alternative reports to Treaty Bodies:
Topics: COVID-19
Access to Comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health Care is a Human Rights Imperative During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020)
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Access to Comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health Care is a Human Rights Imperative During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020)
Center for Reproductive Rights
Open resource
Topics: COVID-19
Technical Note: COVID-19 and Children Deprived of their Liberty (2020)
Open resource
Technical Note: COVID-19 and Children Deprived of their Liberty (2020)
UNICEF & The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
Open resource
Topics: COVID-19
COVID-19 and the rights of persons with disabilities: guidance (2020)
Open resource
COVID-19 and the rights of persons with disabilities: guidance (2020)
OHCHR
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Syllabus Human Rights for Health Workers – IFHHRO Training Manual (2019) - Suggestions for a one- or two-day training on health and human rights
IFHHRO
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Topics: forensic medicine
Minnesota Protocol, The Revised United Nations Manual on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions (2017)
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Minnesota Protocol, The Revised United Nations Manual on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions (2017)
OHCHR
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Topics: ethics , tuberculosis
Ethics guidance for the implementation of the End TB strategy (2017)
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Ethics guidance for the implementation of the End TB strategy (2017)
WHO
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Topics: pain treatment , palliative care
Using the UN Human Rights System to Advocate for Access to Palliative Care and Pain Relief. A Toolkit (2017)
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Using the UN Human Rights System to Advocate for Access to Palliative Care and Pain Relief. A Toolkit (2017)
Open Society Foundations
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Topics: violence , women
Domestic violence and abuse (2017) - Melinda Smith & Jeanne Segal
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Domestic violence and abuse (2017) - Melinda Smith & Jeanne Segal
HELPGUIDE.ORG
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Topics: medicines
Markets Matter Advocacy Guide: How advocates can strengthen markets to improve access to essential health products (2017)
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Markets Matter Advocacy Guide: How advocates can strengthen markets to improve access to essential health products (2017)
PATH
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Topics: migrants
Proposed health component Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (2017)
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Proposed health component Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (2017)
WHO
Open resource
Topics: tuberculosis
Technical Brief Tuberculosis, Gender and Human Rights (2017)
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Technical Brief Tuberculosis, Gender and Human Rights (2017)
The Global Fund
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Topics: sexual violence in conflict
International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict (2017) - Sara Ferro Ribeiro & Danaé van der Straten Ponthoz
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International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict (2017) - Sara Ferro Ribeiro & Danaé van der Straten Ponthoz
UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office
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Topics: adolescents , children , violence
Ending the Torment: Tackling Bullying from Schoolyard to Cyberspace (2016)
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Ending the Torment: Tackling Bullying from Schoolyard to Cyberspace (2016)
United Nations
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Topics: female genital mutilation
Factsheet Female genital mutilation/cutting: A global concern (2016)
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Factsheet Female genital mutilation/cutting: A global concern (2016)
UNICEF
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Topics: female genital mutilation
Factsheet Female Genital Cutting (2015)
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Factsheet Female Genital Cutting (2015)
Women's Health
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Topics: universal health coverage
Anchoring universal health coverage in the right to health: What difference would it make? Policy brief (2015)
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Anchoring universal health coverage in the right to health: What difference would it make? Policy brief (2015)
WHO
Open resource
Topics: tuberculosis
Close the Gap: TB and Human Rights A guide for Activists in Southern and East Africa (2015)
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Close the Gap: TB and Human Rights A guide for Activists in Southern and East Africa (2015)
ARASA
Open resource
Topics: children , education
Technical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce and eliminate preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age (2014)
Open resource
Technical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce and eliminate preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age (2014)
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Topics: environment , WASH
Realising the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation: A Handbook (2014 ) - Catarina de Albuquerque
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Realising the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation: A Handbook (2014 ) - Catarina de Albuquerque
UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation
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Topics: medicines
Using competition law to promote access to health technologies (2014)
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Using competition law to promote access to health technologies (2014)
UNDP
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Topics: female genital mutilation
Factsheet Female genital mutilation/cutting: What might the future hold? (2014)
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Factsheet Female genital mutilation/cutting: What might the future hold? (2014)
UNICEF
Open resource
Topics: sexual violence in conflict
Framework of Cooperation between the United Nations Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict and the African Union Commission Concerning the Prevention and Response to Conflict-related Sexual Violence in Africa (2014)
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Framework of Cooperation between the United Nations Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict and the African Union Commission Concerning the Prevention and Response to Conflict-related Sexual Violence in Africa (2014)
United Nations Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict and the African Union Commission Concerning the Prevention and Response to Conflict-related Sexual Violence in Africa
Open resource
Topics: education
Health and Human Rights Resource Guide (5th edition) (2013)
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Health and Human Rights Resource Guide (5th edition) (2013)
FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University
Open resource
Topics: children , right to health
General comment No. 15 on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (2013)
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General comment No. 15 on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (2013)
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
Open resource
Topics: monitoring
Handbook on health inequality monitoring with a special focus on low- and middle-income countries (2013)
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Handbook on health inequality monitoring with a special focus on low- and middle-income countries (2013)
WHO
Open resource
Topics: female genital mutilation
Factsheet Female genital mutilation/cutting: A statistical overview and exploration of the dynamics of change (2013)
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Factsheet Female genital mutilation/cutting: A statistical overview and exploration of the dynamics of change (2013)
UNICEF
Open resource
Topics: tuberculosis
Tuberculosis and Human Rights – Health and Human Rights Resource Guide, Chapter 3 (2013)
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Tuberculosis and Human Rights – Health and Human Rights Resource Guide, Chapter 3 (2013)
FXB Center for Health and Human Rights and Open Society Foundations
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Topics: law , patient care
Advancing Human Rights in Patient Care: The Law in Seven Transitional Countries (2013) - Leo Beletsky et al.
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Advancing Human Rights in Patient Care: The Law in Seven Transitional Countries (2013) - Leo Beletsky et al.
Open Society Foundations
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Topics: education , right to health
Steps for Change – A Human Rights Action Guide for Health Workers (2012) - Alicia Dibbets & Rosalinda Terhorst
Open resource
Steps for Change – A Human Rights Action Guide for Health Workers (2012) - Alicia Dibbets & Rosalinda Terhorst
IFHHRO
Open resource
Topics: education , right to health
Steps for Change – A Human Rights Action Guide for Health Workers – Templates (2012) - Rosalinda Terhorst & Alicia Dibbets
Open resource
Steps for Change – A Human Rights Action Guide for Health Workers – Templates (2012) - Rosalinda Terhorst & Alicia Dibbets
IFHHRO
Open resource
Topics: education , torture
Preventing Torture: the role of physicians and their professional organisations: principles and practice (2011)
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Preventing Torture: the role of physicians and their professional organisations: principles and practice (2011)
Medact
Open resource
Topics: education , right to health
Toolkit on the Right to Health (2011) - Nicole Fick, Leslie London & Fons Coomans
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Toolkit on the Right to Health (2011) - Nicole Fick, Leslie London & Fons Coomans
Learning Network for Health and Human Rights, South Africa
Open resource
Topics: corruption , ethics
Fighting Corruption in the Health Sector: Methods, Tools and Good Practises (2011)
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Fighting Corruption in the Health Sector: Methods, Tools and Good Practises (2011)
UNDP
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Topics: female genital mutilation
Global strategy to stop health-care providers from performing female genital mutilation (2010)
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Global strategy to stop health-care providers from performing female genital mutilation (2010)
UNAIDS, UNDP, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNIFEM, WHO, FIGO, ICN, IOM, MWIA, WCPT, WMA
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Topics: medicines
Human Rights Guidelines to Pharmaceutical Companies in Relation to Access to Medicines (2010)
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Human Rights Guidelines to Pharmaceutical Companies in Relation to Access to Medicines (2010)
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Topics: special rapporteur
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health: A Guide for Civil Society (2009)
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The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health: A Guide for Civil Society (2009)
IFHHRO
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Topics: education
Ethical Codes and Declarations Relevant to the Health Professions. An Amnesty International compilation of selected ethical and human rights texts (2009)
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Ethical Codes and Declarations Relevant to the Health Professions. An Amnesty International compilation of selected ethical and human rights texts (2009)
Amnesty International
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Topics: abortion
Providers as Advocates for Safe Abortion Care: A Training Manual (2009)
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Providers as Advocates for Safe Abortion Care: A Training Manual (2009)
Ipas
Open resource
Topics: education , right to health
The Right to Health: A Toolkit for Health Professionals (2007)
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The Right to Health: A Toolkit for Health Professionals (2007)
BMA, IFHHRO & Commat
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Topics: education , right to health
Factsheet Our right to the highest attainable standard of health (2007)
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Factsheet Our right to the highest attainable standard of health (2007)
Human Rights Centre of the University of Essex & IFHHRO
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Topics: detention , drugs , force feeding , hunger strike , tuberculosis
Health in prison: a WHO guide to the essentials of prison health (2007)
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Health in prison: a WHO guide to the essentials of prison health (2007)
World Health Organizatinon
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Topics: nurses
Caring for Human Rights, Challenges and opportunities for nurses and midwives (2006)
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Caring for Human Rights, Challenges and opportunities for nurses and midwives (2006)
Amnesty International
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Topics: right to health
Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor (2003) - Paul Farmer
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Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor (2003) - Paul Farmer
California Series in Public Anthropology, University of California Press
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Topics: dual loyalty
Dual Loyalty & Human Rights, in Health Professional Practice (2002)
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Dual Loyalty & Human Rights, in Health Professional Practice (2002)
Physicians for Human Rights and the School of Public Health and Primary Health Care University of Cape Town, Health Sciences Facultyæ
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Topics: education
25 Questions and Answers on Health and Human Rights (2002) - Health & Human Rights Publication Series Issue No. 1
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25 Questions and Answers on Health and Human Rights (2002) - Health & Human Rights Publication Series Issue No. 1
WHO
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Topics: forensic medicine , torture
Istanbul Protocol, Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1999)
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Istanbul Protocol, Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1999)
OHCHR
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Topics: refugees
Handbook for the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons: Part V: Protection Risks: Prevention, Mitigation and Response. Action Sheet 15 – Health ( 2007)
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