Showing posts with label Human Rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Human Rights. Show all posts

Thursday, 5 January 2012

Human Rights Watch - Against All Odds Report 2012

This 47-page report draws on six years of research, and interviews and correspondence with correctional officials and hundreds of youth offenders serving life without parole. Human Rights Watch found that nearly every youth offender serving life without parole reported physical violence or sexual abuse by other inmates or corrections officers. Nationwide statistics indicate that young prisoners serving any type of sentence in adult prison, as well as those with a slight build and low body weight, are most vulnerable to attack.

http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/us0112ForUpload_1.pdf

Friday, 16 December 2011

Human Rights, Health Sector Abuse and Corruption

Research indicates that health sectors in both poor and rich nations are vulnerable to abuse and corruption. This paper discusses the character and scope of  health sector abuse and corruption. It suggests that human rights law can play an important role in enhancing the transparency and integrity of health systems. Based on the existing human rights framework, some tools are provided and examples are given of how this can be done.
 
Subsequently, it is argued that some of such abuses can lead to corrupt acts, as identified under international law. It is maintained that there are clear links between such corrupt acts and human rights law, and that some of such acts can be identified as concrete human rights violations. 
http://www.du.edu/korbel/hrhw/workingpapers/2011/64-toebes-2011.pdf