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IFHHRO & artist Bert Feddema join forces on the issue of pain management as human right!
Friday, 07 October 2011 08:21
Today’s society focuses mainly on the healthy and the strong. Although a large part of the population uses long term medication or experiences chronic pain this is almost never discussed; it is a taboo.
WMA and IFHHRO call for end to forced sterilisation
Tuesday, 20 September 2011 20:24
The World Medical Association (WMA) and IFHHRO have condemned the practice of forced and coerced sterilisation as forms of violence that severely harm physical and mental health and infringe human rights.
Blood cashews from Vietnam: forced-labour camps for Vietnamese drug users
Thursday, 08 September 2011 12:45
A new Human Rights Watch report claims cashew nuts and other Vietnamese exports are produced by drug addicts detained in forced-labour camps across the country.
UN Advocacy on Palliative Care as a Human Right
Monday, 22 August 2011 10:28
On June 6, LAHI, the Open Society Foundations’ International Palliative Care Initiative, Human Rights Watch, and the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance organised a side meeting at the UN Human Rights Council on 'Access to Palliative Care: A Neglected Component of the Right to Health'. Additional sponsors included Brazil and Uruguay missions, as well as the African Palliative Care Alliance, HelpAge International, International Association for Hospices and Palliative Care, Pallium India, and UNAIDS.
New article on pain treatment as a human right
Tuesday, 28 June 2011 11:04
In the June issue of World Neurology, the Official Newsletter of the World Federation of Neurology, an article appeared on pain treatment as a human right. It was written by Dr. Andrea Pace from Italy, one of the participants of the January 2011 IFHHRO pain meeting.
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Since February 2013, over 20 people held in custody in Guantanamo Bay have been in hunger strike. There are reports that the US has sent in doctors and nurses, who assist in forced feeding, a recogniced violation of human rights and a breach of medical ethics.
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