Health Equity, Social Justice and Human Rights

This text demystifies systems set up for the protection and promotion of human rights globally, regionally and nationally. It explores the use and usefulness of rights-based approaches as an important part of the toolbox available to health and welfare professionals and community members.

Autorentext

Fiona H McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Australia.

Ann Taket is Professor of Health and Social Exclusion in the School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Australia, and Director of the Centre for Health through Action on Social Exclusion (CHASE).

Inhalt

*List of illustrations

Case studies

List of contributors

Acknowledgements

List of acronyms

• 1. Introduction

2. The global human rights system

3. Regional human rights systems

4. National and sub-national human rights systems

5. Health equity and human rights

6. The rights of the child

7. Refugee Protection

8. Human rights for people with a disability

**Joanne Watson, Kate Anderson, Patsie Frawley, and Susan Balandin.

9. Elimination of racial discrimination

10. Monitoring human rights

11. Responding to breaches of human rights

12. Advocacy for human rights

13. Conclusion *

Note on sources

Appendix - the UDHR

Index *