Maternal Mortality, Human Rights and Accountability
Herausgeber: Hunt, Paul; Gray, Tony
Maternal Mortality, Human Rights and Accountability
Herausgeber: Hunt, Paul; Gray, Tony
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Maternal mortality remains one of the highest causes of death in the world today. A fact recognised by the UN Human Rights Council and the international community by way of the Millennium Development Goals. This book focuses on a critically important part of maternal mortality and human rights, that of monitoring, accountability and redress at the local, national and international level. The book features contributions from an impressive list of researchers, scholars, legal practitioners and activists including: Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe; Paul Hunt; Navanethem Pillay; and Samantha Lobis. The…mehr
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Maternal mortality remains one of the highest causes of death in the world today. A fact recognised by the UN Human Rights Council and the international community by way of the Millennium Development Goals. This book focuses on a critically important part of maternal mortality and human rights, that of monitoring, accountability and redress at the local, national and international level. The book features contributions from an impressive list of researchers, scholars, legal practitioners and activists including: Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe; Paul Hunt; Navanethem Pillay; and Samantha Lobis. The book functions as an introduction to some of the key issues on maternal mortality, human rights and accountability, and provides a valuable link between academic debates, discussions at UN and NGO level, and practice on the ground.
Produktdetails
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- Verlag: Taylor & Francis
- Seitenzahl: 256
- Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2015
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
- Gewicht: 363g
- ISBN-13: 9781138884809
- ISBN-10: 1138884804
- Artikelnr.: 42024721
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis
- Seitenzahl: 256
- Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2015
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
- Gewicht: 363g
- ISBN-13: 9781138884809
- ISBN-10: 1138884804
- Artikelnr.: 42024721
Paul Hunt is a Law Professor at Essex University (UK), Adjunct Professor at Waikato University (New Zealand), and human rights advisor to WHO Assistant Director-General Dr.Flavia Bustreo. He served as UN Special Rapporteur on the right to the highest attainable standard of health (2002-2008) and has an Honorary Doctorate from the Nordic School of Public Health. Tony Gray completed his DPhil in Theology and has publishhed in the area of philosophical theology. After working in the production of personal biographies, he now runs his own publishing services company whilst undertaking freelance research in topics as diverse as family history, religion and human rights.
Prelims Foreword, Navanethem Pillay Preface, Clemens Nathan Part 1: 1.
Maternal Mortality: An Overview, Francisco Songane 2. Citizen Monitoring to
Promote the Right to Health Care and Accountability, Dr. Ariel Frisancho
Arroyo 3. The Role of Indicators and Benchmarks in Reducing Maternal
Mortality: the Case of the Emergency Obstetric Care Indicators, Samantha
Lobis 4. What Are Maternal Death Audits? A Sri Lankan Case Study, Dr.
Hiranthi Wijemanne 5. The Role of National and International Courts: Human
Rights Litigation as a Strategy to Hold States Accountable for Maternal
Deaths, Ximena Andion Ibañez 6. The Role of National Human Rights
Institutions in Monitoring Human Rights: A Case Study of the Kenya National
Commission on Human Rights, Commissioner Winfred Lichuma 7. A Human Rights
Based Approach to Maternal Mortality in the United States, Nan Strauss and
Rachel Ward 8. Enhancing International Accountability for Maternal
Mortality and Morbidity: The Work of Civil Society at the United Nations
Human Rights Council, Sandeep Prasad 9. Postscript: Towards Ending
Preventable Maternal Deaths, Dr. Flavia Bustreo 10. Human Rights,
Constructive Accountability and Maternal Mortality in the Dominican
Republic: A Commentary (2003), L. P. Freedman 11. Accountability and the
Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health (2008), Helen Potts 12.
Towards Transformative Accountability: Applying a Rights-based Approach to
Fulfil Maternal Health Obligations (2010), Alicia Ely Yamin 13. Human
Rights Council Resolution 11/8, Preventable Maternal Mortality and
Morbidity and Human Rights (2009) 14. Report of the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Preventable Maternal
Mortality and Morbidity and Human Rights (2010) 15. Concise Technical
Guidance on the Application of a Human Rights Based Approach to the
Implementation of Policies and Programmes to Reduce Preventable Maternal
Morbidity and Mortality (2012), Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights 16. Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health (2010),
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon 17. A Review of Global
Accountability Mechanisms for Women's and Children's Health (2011), The
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health 18. Working Group on
Accountability for Results: Final Paper (2011), Commission on Information
and Accountability for Women's and Children's Health 19. Keeping Promises,
Measuring Results (2011), Commission on Information and Accountability for
Women's and Children's Health 20. Realising Sexual and Reproductive Health
Rights in Kenya: A Myth or Reality? Report of the Public Inquiry into
Violations of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in Kenya (2012), Kenya
National Commission on Human Rights 21. The Role of Litigation in Ensuring
Women's Reproductive Rights: An Analysis of the Shanti Devi Judgement in
India (2012), Jameen Kaur 22. Human Rights Accountability for Maternal
Death and Failure to Provide Safe Legal Abortion: The Significance of Two
Ground-Breaking CEDAW Decisions (2012), Eszter Kismödi, Judith Bueno De
Mesquita, Ximena Andión Ibañez, Rajat Khosla, Lilian Spúlveda
Maternal Mortality: An Overview, Francisco Songane 2. Citizen Monitoring to
Promote the Right to Health Care and Accountability, Dr. Ariel Frisancho
Arroyo 3. The Role of Indicators and Benchmarks in Reducing Maternal
Mortality: the Case of the Emergency Obstetric Care Indicators, Samantha
Lobis 4. What Are Maternal Death Audits? A Sri Lankan Case Study, Dr.
Hiranthi Wijemanne 5. The Role of National and International Courts: Human
Rights Litigation as a Strategy to Hold States Accountable for Maternal
Deaths, Ximena Andion Ibañez 6. The Role of National Human Rights
Institutions in Monitoring Human Rights: A Case Study of the Kenya National
Commission on Human Rights, Commissioner Winfred Lichuma 7. A Human Rights
Based Approach to Maternal Mortality in the United States, Nan Strauss and
Rachel Ward 8. Enhancing International Accountability for Maternal
Mortality and Morbidity: The Work of Civil Society at the United Nations
Human Rights Council, Sandeep Prasad 9. Postscript: Towards Ending
Preventable Maternal Deaths, Dr. Flavia Bustreo 10. Human Rights,
Constructive Accountability and Maternal Mortality in the Dominican
Republic: A Commentary (2003), L. P. Freedman 11. Accountability and the
Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health (2008), Helen Potts 12.
Towards Transformative Accountability: Applying a Rights-based Approach to
Fulfil Maternal Health Obligations (2010), Alicia Ely Yamin 13. Human
Rights Council Resolution 11/8, Preventable Maternal Mortality and
Morbidity and Human Rights (2009) 14. Report of the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Preventable Maternal
Mortality and Morbidity and Human Rights (2010) 15. Concise Technical
Guidance on the Application of a Human Rights Based Approach to the
Implementation of Policies and Programmes to Reduce Preventable Maternal
Morbidity and Mortality (2012), Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights 16. Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health (2010),
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon 17. A Review of Global
Accountability Mechanisms for Women's and Children's Health (2011), The
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health 18. Working Group on
Accountability for Results: Final Paper (2011), Commission on Information
and Accountability for Women's and Children's Health 19. Keeping Promises,
Measuring Results (2011), Commission on Information and Accountability for
Women's and Children's Health 20. Realising Sexual and Reproductive Health
Rights in Kenya: A Myth or Reality? Report of the Public Inquiry into
Violations of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in Kenya (2012), Kenya
National Commission on Human Rights 21. The Role of Litigation in Ensuring
Women's Reproductive Rights: An Analysis of the Shanti Devi Judgement in
India (2012), Jameen Kaur 22. Human Rights Accountability for Maternal
Death and Failure to Provide Safe Legal Abortion: The Significance of Two
Ground-Breaking CEDAW Decisions (2012), Eszter Kismödi, Judith Bueno De
Mesquita, Ximena Andión Ibañez, Rajat Khosla, Lilian Spúlveda
Prelims Foreword, Navanethem Pillay Preface, Clemens Nathan Part 1: 1.
Maternal Mortality: An Overview, Francisco Songane 2. Citizen Monitoring to
Promote the Right to Health Care and Accountability, Dr. Ariel Frisancho
Arroyo 3. The Role of Indicators and Benchmarks in Reducing Maternal
Mortality: the Case of the Emergency Obstetric Care Indicators, Samantha
Lobis 4. What Are Maternal Death Audits? A Sri Lankan Case Study, Dr.
Hiranthi Wijemanne 5. The Role of National and International Courts: Human
Rights Litigation as a Strategy to Hold States Accountable for Maternal
Deaths, Ximena Andion Ibañez 6. The Role of National Human Rights
Institutions in Monitoring Human Rights: A Case Study of the Kenya National
Commission on Human Rights, Commissioner Winfred Lichuma 7. A Human Rights
Based Approach to Maternal Mortality in the United States, Nan Strauss and
Rachel Ward 8. Enhancing International Accountability for Maternal
Mortality and Morbidity: The Work of Civil Society at the United Nations
Human Rights Council, Sandeep Prasad 9. Postscript: Towards Ending
Preventable Maternal Deaths, Dr. Flavia Bustreo 10. Human Rights,
Constructive Accountability and Maternal Mortality in the Dominican
Republic: A Commentary (2003), L. P. Freedman 11. Accountability and the
Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health (2008), Helen Potts 12.
Towards Transformative Accountability: Applying a Rights-based Approach to
Fulfil Maternal Health Obligations (2010), Alicia Ely Yamin 13. Human
Rights Council Resolution 11/8, Preventable Maternal Mortality and
Morbidity and Human Rights (2009) 14. Report of the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Preventable Maternal
Mortality and Morbidity and Human Rights (2010) 15. Concise Technical
Guidance on the Application of a Human Rights Based Approach to the
Implementation of Policies and Programmes to Reduce Preventable Maternal
Morbidity and Mortality (2012), Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights 16. Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health (2010),
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon 17. A Review of Global
Accountability Mechanisms for Women's and Children's Health (2011), The
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health 18. Working Group on
Accountability for Results: Final Paper (2011), Commission on Information
and Accountability for Women's and Children's Health 19. Keeping Promises,
Measuring Results (2011), Commission on Information and Accountability for
Women's and Children's Health 20. Realising Sexual and Reproductive Health
Rights in Kenya: A Myth or Reality? Report of the Public Inquiry into
Violations of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in Kenya (2012), Kenya
National Commission on Human Rights 21. The Role of Litigation in Ensuring
Women's Reproductive Rights: An Analysis of the Shanti Devi Judgement in
India (2012), Jameen Kaur 22. Human Rights Accountability for Maternal
Death and Failure to Provide Safe Legal Abortion: The Significance of Two
Ground-Breaking CEDAW Decisions (2012), Eszter Kismödi, Judith Bueno De
Mesquita, Ximena Andión Ibañez, Rajat Khosla, Lilian Spúlveda
Maternal Mortality: An Overview, Francisco Songane 2. Citizen Monitoring to
Promote the Right to Health Care and Accountability, Dr. Ariel Frisancho
Arroyo 3. The Role of Indicators and Benchmarks in Reducing Maternal
Mortality: the Case of the Emergency Obstetric Care Indicators, Samantha
Lobis 4. What Are Maternal Death Audits? A Sri Lankan Case Study, Dr.
Hiranthi Wijemanne 5. The Role of National and International Courts: Human
Rights Litigation as a Strategy to Hold States Accountable for Maternal
Deaths, Ximena Andion Ibañez 6. The Role of National Human Rights
Institutions in Monitoring Human Rights: A Case Study of the Kenya National
Commission on Human Rights, Commissioner Winfred Lichuma 7. A Human Rights
Based Approach to Maternal Mortality in the United States, Nan Strauss and
Rachel Ward 8. Enhancing International Accountability for Maternal
Mortality and Morbidity: The Work of Civil Society at the United Nations
Human Rights Council, Sandeep Prasad 9. Postscript: Towards Ending
Preventable Maternal Deaths, Dr. Flavia Bustreo 10. Human Rights,
Constructive Accountability and Maternal Mortality in the Dominican
Republic: A Commentary (2003), L. P. Freedman 11. Accountability and the
Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health (2008), Helen Potts 12.
Towards Transformative Accountability: Applying a Rights-based Approach to
Fulfil Maternal Health Obligations (2010), Alicia Ely Yamin 13. Human
Rights Council Resolution 11/8, Preventable Maternal Mortality and
Morbidity and Human Rights (2009) 14. Report of the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Preventable Maternal
Mortality and Morbidity and Human Rights (2010) 15. Concise Technical
Guidance on the Application of a Human Rights Based Approach to the
Implementation of Policies and Programmes to Reduce Preventable Maternal
Morbidity and Mortality (2012), Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights 16. Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health (2010),
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon 17. A Review of Global
Accountability Mechanisms for Women's and Children's Health (2011), The
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health 18. Working Group on
Accountability for Results: Final Paper (2011), Commission on Information
and Accountability for Women's and Children's Health 19. Keeping Promises,
Measuring Results (2011), Commission on Information and Accountability for
Women's and Children's Health 20. Realising Sexual and Reproductive Health
Rights in Kenya: A Myth or Reality? Report of the Public Inquiry into
Violations of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in Kenya (2012), Kenya
National Commission on Human Rights 21. The Role of Litigation in Ensuring
Women's Reproductive Rights: An Analysis of the Shanti Devi Judgement in
India (2012), Jameen Kaur 22. Human Rights Accountability for Maternal
Death and Failure to Provide Safe Legal Abortion: The Significance of Two
Ground-Breaking CEDAW Decisions (2012), Eszter Kismödi, Judith Bueno De
Mesquita, Ximena Andión Ibañez, Rajat Khosla, Lilian Spúlveda