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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"human rights-based approach"”.
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Water for all : an analysis of a human rights based approach to water access
… study was undertaken to determine whether a human rights based approach would ensure each person's access to a water supply sufficient to meet her basic needs. A human right to water shows promise as a strategy for ensuring universal access to water if a broad, comprehensive human rights …
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Fighting HIV/AIDS insecurities using a human rights-based approach : a case study of Zimbabwe
… pandemic in Zimbabwe through a developmental and human rights based approach. In particular it focuses on second generation rights because of their emphasis on the social welfare of individuals. Second generation rights relate to the living conditions of people in society, attempting to ensure …
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A Human Rights based approach to the psychiatric treatment of mental illness among prisoners in Uganda
Reports of people with mental disorders without access to treatment are a major occurrence in prisons outside and within Africa. An estimated 450 000 000 people worldwide suffer from mental or behavioural disorders. The disproportionately high rate of mental disorders in prisons is due to several …
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From the human rights-based approach to an ecological approach on how to achieve successful inclusion in international disability education
… of exclusion. Using a mixed methodology approach, I conduct a quest to revealing several societal factors that limit full participation of people with disabilities in their communities, which will contribute to understanding and developing a more comprehensive framework for full inclusion …
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Supportive housing in the age of market fundamentalism : a human rights-based approach to the provision of supportive housing for mentally ill homeless people
… grossly underprovided. In this paper, I build a rights-based strategy for supportive housing advocates, specifically structured around meeting the needs of mentally ill homeless people. A rights-based strategy, emanating from constitutional law, is the most robust way to secure this support. The …
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Assessing the impact of the sustainable development goals (SDGS) on the white paper on citizenship, immigration and refugee protection in South Africa
… study was conducted within the framework of the human rights-based approach (HRBA). The HRBA is relevant for study of global migration governance and immigration policy, since it promotes the protection of migrants’ rights and governments’ responsibility towards the safety, well-being and …
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The Realisation of the Right to Climate Education in South Sudan
… establishes the nexus between climate change and human rights. It highlights that climate change affects human rights and as such human rights-based approach should be employed to effectively address it and its consequences. To meet this objective, the research examined the sufficiency and/or …
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Overcoming religious and cultural obstacles to organ donation : a rights-based approach
The transplantation of human tissue, cells and organs has saved and improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals who suffer from organ failure. Advancements in organ transplant technologies have resulted in an increased demand for viable organs for transplantation - a demand which …
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Trafficking in human beings: international and European human rights framework
Trafficking in human beings is a multi-dimensional phenomenon that presents regulatory and policy challenges that touch upon a wide range of disciplines and approaches, including criminal law, human rights, migration, social work, international judicial cooperation etc, with the application of all …
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Big hopes for small-scale fishers: a critical review of South Africa's small-scale fishing policy and regulations
… and exclusion of these fishers from the fishing rights allocation process that has persisted in the absence of a formal regulatory regime. The Policy for the Small Scale Fisheries Sector purports to adopt and promote a human rights based approach and focuses on food security and livelihood. It …
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The Role of Supervisory Officers in Building School Administrator Leadership Capacity
This Organizational Improvement Plan (OIP) is based on a problem of practice (PoP) in Red Maple District School Board (RMDSB), a mid-sized Ontario school board that identifies cultivating leadership in staff as a priority. The limited leadership development opportunities for school administrators …
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From protection to persecution: exploring the impact of anti-foreigner mobilisation on refugee rights in South Africa
… how anti-foreigner mobilisation impedes the rights and lives of refugees in South Africa. This study does this by highlighting the anti-foreigner mobilisation movement, Operation Dudula. Grounded in a qualitative desk review, the study examines the systemic, social and economic impacts of …
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Can the right to health provide for normative guidance to combat global pandemics? Insights from the Covid-19 pandemic in Mauritius and South Africa.
… pandemic, including infringing on the peoples’ rights to access health facilities, essential drugs, food, shelter, water, and sanitation. The central aim of the thesis is arguing for and proposing the adoption of a human rights-based approach premised on the right to health to combating the …
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Mother-infant separation in prison: problematising attachment theory in policy and practice
… policy and practice. Using a critical realist approach, this mixed-methods study integrates qualitatively analysed semi-structured interviews with a practitioner survey and document analyses. A focus on attachment theory enables a multi-perspective view of an overlooked group of prisoners and …
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A critical analysis of the legal and institutional frameworks for the realisation of the rights of persons with disabilities in Zimbabwe
… a right which lies at the heart of the right to human dignity. This right should be jealously guarded and forcefully protected by all states party to the African Charter in accordance with the well established principle that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Thus, …
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The effectiveness of approach : addressing the value of rights-based interventions to protect human rights defenders in oppressive environments
… submission (Outputs A – I) address the nature of approaches to interventions for the protection of human rights defenders. My premise holds that mobilising human rights-based approaches to interventions for the protection of human rights defenders in countries with oppressive regimes has …
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The Enduring Role of Conflict in the Perpetuation of Famine: Advancing 'The Right to Adequate Food' for Sustainable Peace
… the achievement of the 2030 Agenda; second, a human rights-based approach, as 'the right to adequate food' is grounded in an evolution of international standards and international human rights. Prominent actors working toward the eradication of global hunger, such as the Food and Agriculture …
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The battle for policy space : strategic advantages of a human rights approach in international intellectual property negotiations
… allowing states to balance the monopoly rights of patent-owners against the inherent social costs of monopoly protection. The effective policy space within which states may establish domestic patent policy is increasingly circumscribed by international rules prescribing minimum protection …
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