Introduction to human rights

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Introduction to human rights

• Lane Porter Felicity Young
• April 4, 2002

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Session objectives

• Understand basic definitions of human and
  reproductive rights as they relate to POLICY
  programs in RH and HIV/AIDS
• Describe current HR activities in POLICY country
  programs, focusing on the value added of human
  rights to these programs

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Reflections

• Human rights
• are centrally important to the work of public
  health policy formulation implementation
• have many components elements
• are more than abstract principles
• application poses many challenges for us

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Reaffirm, Recommit, Redefine
International treaties, national constitutions ,
and laws
Declarations and Consensus statements
Capacity Development
Economic
Civil
Alliance Building
Advocacy Activism
Rights based approach
Development
Political
Cultural
Participation
Social
Community Mobilization
Information Services