Human Rights Discourse in the Sustainable Development Agenda Avoids Obligations and Entitlements Comment on “Rights Language in the Sustainable Development Agenda: Has Right to Health Discourse and Norms Shaped Health Goals?”

Our commentary on Forman et al paper explores their thesis that right to health language can frame global health policy responses. We examined human rights discourse in the outcome documents from three 2015 United Nations (UN) summits and found rights-related terms are used in all three. However,...

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Main Authors: Carmel Williams, Alison Blaiklock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2016-06-01
Series:International Journal of Health Policy and Management
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Online Access:http://www.ijhpm.com/pdf_3173_9e8b81489449e8eebe66c5be15b60e34.html