Human Rights - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Monday, November 23, 2009

The HIV positive dentist in the United Kingdom--a legal perspective.

23 Jul 2009 In 1991, the United Kingdom Advisory Panel (UKAP) was set up under the aegis of the Expert Advisory Group on AIDS (EAGA) to consider individual cases of HIV infected healthcare workers. Policy and guidance relating to HIV infected healthcare workers ... Read more...

Protecting human subjects in research.

29 Jun 2009 The quest for advancing scientific knowledge through human experimentations using vulnerable groups is traced back to ancient history, when Herophilus performed vivisections on prisoners. The violation of the rights of human subjects through the ... Read more...

Monitoring adherence to the international code of conduct: highly hazardous pesticides in central Andean agriculture and farmers' rights to health.

29 Jun 2009 The WHO has advocated monitoring adherence to the Food and Agriculture Organization's Code of Conduct to reduce use of highly hazardous pesticides in lower and middle income countries. We re-framed Code articles in terms of farmers' rights and drew ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Human Rights - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• USA looks set to repeal HIV travel ban. 22 Oct 2009
• Of plants and people. Why do we care about dignity? 30 Aug 2009
• [Rights and duties when faced with maltreatment] 30 Aug 2009
• KMA Legal Trust Fund protects physicians' rights. 30 Aug 2009
• Abortion ban leads to more maternal deaths in Nicaragua. 27 Aug 2009
• Public health and peace building in Nepal. 13 Aug 2009
• Ratification of human rights treaties: the beginning not the end. 6 Aug 2009
• Ratification of human rights treaties: the beginning not the end. 6 Aug 2009
• Ratification of human rights treaties: the beginning not the end. 6 Aug 2009
• The HIV positive dentist in the United Kingdom--a legal perspective. 23 Jul 2009
• Protecting privacy and the public--limits on police use of bioidentifiers in Europe. 7 Jul 2009
• Protecting human subjects in research. 29 Jun 2009
• Human rights. DS (India) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (2009). 29 Jun 2009
• Monitoring adherence to the international code of conduct: highly hazardous pesticides in central Andean agriculture and farmers' rights to health. 29 Jun 2009
• Protection of sexual and reproductive health rights: addressing violence against women. 25 Jun 2009
• Moving forward with maternal health and human rights. 25 Jun 2009
• Protecting girls and women from harmful practices affecting their health: Are we making progress? 14 Jun 2009
• Democracy, individual rights and the regulation of science. 11 Jun 2009
• Does ratification of human-rights treaties have effects on population health? 4 Jun 2009
• Informed consent in high-risk renal transplant recipients. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Human Rights'

Definition: The rights of the individual to cultural, social, economic, and educational opportunities as provided by society, e.g., right to work, right to education, and right to social security.

Descriptor UI: D006806

Alternative terms: Human Rights; Human Right; Right, Human; Rights, Human; Rights;

Related Mesh Headings: Civil Rights; Women's Rights; Human Rights Abuses;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; injuries; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: I01.880.604.473; N03.706.437;

History Note: 73

Technical Notes: specify geog if pertinent; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES is also available