Book Review: The medical profession and human rights: handbook for a changing agenda
| Published date | 01 September 2001 |
| DOI | 10.1177/092405190101900320 |
| Date | 01 September 2001 |
| Subject Matter | Book Review |
NQHR3/200J
The medicalprofession
and
human rights: handbookforachanging agenda /BritishMedical
Association. -London: Zed Books, 2001. - xxxiii, 561 p.
ISBN: 1 85649 612 0
In this report the British Medical Association examines the complex interface between
medical practitioners and possible abuses
of
human rights. Examples are taken from all over
the world - both the industrialised and the developing countries.
It
ranges across a variety
of
issues, including abuse
of
institutionalised patients, research involving humans, trade in
organs, doctors and asylum seekers, prison doctors, forensic doctors, the rehabilitation
of
torture victims, and medical involvement in armed conflict and weapons research.
Throughout the report is a constant concern with the practical ethical issues for medical
personnel and guidance as to how they might deal with them. The concludingpart examines
practical steps to help ensure that doctors and other health personnel are aware
of
these issues
and are supported in their efforts to adhere to the standards
of
human rights.
Micro-thesauri: a tool
for
documenting human rights violations /created and adapted by
Judith Dueck, Manuel Guzman and Bert Verstappen. -Versoix: HURIDOCS, 2001. - vi, 190
p.
ISBN: 92-95015-01-0
The Micro-thesauri are a collection
of
48 documents derived or adapted from various
sources. They are intended for use in conjunction with HURIDOCS Standard Formats
manuals, and in particular the HURIDOCS Events Standard Formats.
The UNHCR
and
world politics: aperilous path /by Gil Loescher. - Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2001. - 431 p.
ISBN: 0-19-829716-5
Over fifty years ago, governments established the Office
of
the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). This book describes the independent history
ofthis
important establishment. The author, an expert on refugee affairs, draws upon decades
of
personal experience and research to examine the origins and evolution
of
the UNHCR,
identifying many
of
the major challenges facing the organisation in the years ahead. A key
focus is the extent to which the evolution
of
the UNHCR has been framed by the crucial
events
of
international politics during the past
half
century and how, in turn, the actions
of
the eight past High Commissioners have helped shape the course
of
world history. The book
ends with a series
of
policy recommendations aimed at making the agency a more effective
and accountable advocate for the millions
of
refugees in the world today.
Violence against women: 10 reports/year 2000
for
the protection
and
promotion
for
the
human rights
of
women /Carin Benninger-Budel. - Geneva: World Organisation Against
Torture (OMCT), 2000. - 337 p.
ISBN: 2-88477-000-3
Torture and ill-treatment
of
women and girls occur daily within all national boundaries.
Although the Conventionon the Elimination
of
All Forms
of
Discrimination AgainstWomen
is a very important instrument, it has also tended to isolate the problem
of
discrimination
against women and problems
of
violence encountered by women. The principle aim
of
this
publication is to focus on integrating agender perspective into the work
of
the United
Nations human rights treaty monitoring bodies. This book is a compilation
of
reports
submitted to the five human rights treaty bodies during the year 2000 on different forms
of
violence against women in ten different countries (Armenia, Belarus, Cameroon, China,
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