Human Rights Based Approach

Human Rigths Based Approach

"Das vorliegende Papier legt die Position der deutschen Entwicklungspolitik zum Menschenrechtsansatz in der gesundheitsbezogenen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit dar." (pdf; BMZ Spezial 162, Juli 2009, 18 Seiten)

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A Human Rights-Based Approach to Health

WHO Information Sheet: "The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the WHO have issued an information sheet on a Human Rights-Based Approach to Health (HRBA). A human rights-based approach (HRBA) aims to support better and more sustainable development outcomes by analyzing and addressing the inequalities, discriminatory practices (de jure and de facto) and unjust power relations which are often at the heart of development problems."

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What is a human rights-based approach to health and does it matter?

Leslie London in Health and Human Rights: "We live in a world where inequalities in health and economic development continue to pervade our development trajectory and where exclusion from social systems remains the most fundamental obstacle to realizing human potential worldwide. Can the integration of human rights approaches into our health and social policies offer us any opportunities for addressing these key challenges?"