Prospects for Children: Cooperation in a Fragmented World: A 2024 Global Outlook

This article published by the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) explores the health and human rights implications for incarcerated people and people living in detention centers, specifically amid the COVID-19 crisis. The article describes the prevalent health risks for incarcerated people prior to the pandemic, including increased risk of disease transmission and lack of adequate medical care, and details how severe overcrowding and lack of resources in prisons and detention centers worldwide have created…

Key Messages: Human Rights and the Environment is a series published by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) to highlight the human rights obligations of governments and other actors to address biodiversity, prevent habitat loss, and respond to COVID-19. The series includes four documents that discuss the ways in which environmental crises such as these can violate human rights around the world.…

This brief from the World Health Organization emphasizes protecting human rights as countries respond to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The brief addresses numerous issues, including stigma and discrimination associated with COVID-19, gender equality and protecting women from violence, supporting vulnerable populations, quarantine and restrictive measures, shortages of supplies, and the obligations of governments to cooperate and provide international assistance. Incorporating human rights into COVID-19 response measures provides ethical guidance to countries as they…