Camila Gianella, Siri Gloppen and Elisabeth Fosse (2013)
in Journal of Human Rights Practice vol. 5 no. 1 pp. 153-176
Despite major developments to provide conceptual clarity to the legal enforcement of economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights, research analysing the processes of implementing court rulings and their actual impact is scarce, and there is a lack of consensus on the impacts of this kind of intervention on public policies, the plaintiffs, society, or on […]
Kavita Navlani Søreide (2013)
CMI Brief vol. 12 no. 4, 2nd edition
At the time of independence, India used protective law to address fears that its tribal majority regions would be marginalized vis-a-vis the larger, more developed states of the new nation. The ‘Sixth Schedule’ was written into the Indian Constitution to ensure rights of self-government for the tribal majorities in North Eastern Himalayas. This brief explores the context of the Sixth […]
Siri Gloppen, Fidelis Edge Kanyongolo (2012)
in Danwood Chirwa, Lia Nijzink: Accountable Goverment in Africa. United Nations University Press
Varun Gari and Siri Gloppen (2012)
in Polity vol. 44 no. 4 pp. 485-503
This article aims to organize thinking around human rights-based approaches to development (HRBAs) and to review available empirical evidence regarding their benefits, risks, and limitations. We propose a typology distinguishing four types of rights-based approaches: global compliance based on international and regional treaties; human rights-based programming on the part of donors and governments; rights talk; […]
Varun Gari and Siri Gloppen (2012)
in Polity vol. 44 no. 4 pp. 485-503
This article aims to organize thinking around human rights-based approaches to development (HRBAs) and to review available empirical evidence regarding their benefits, risks, and limitations. We propose a typology distinguishing four types of rights-based approaches: global compliance based on international and regional treaties; human rights-based programming on the part of donors and governments; rights talk; […]
Kristi Staveland-Sæter (2012)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief vol. 11 no. 3) 4 p.
The people of the Matanza-Riachuelo river basin in Argentina live in one of the most polluted places on earth. They suffer from severe health problems, and claim it is because of the polluted air, water and soil. After a public interest litigation process, the authorities were sentenced to clean the river in 2008. Almost four […]
Namita Wahi (2012)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief vol. 11 no. 4) 4 p.
There is a healthcare crisis in India. Health indicators are dismal. 25% of the world’s maternal deaths every year, occur in India. 47% of all children in India are underweight. Health rights litigation has highlighted areas of dire need and provided a discursive space for petitioners and civil society groups to engage with government on […]
Alicia Ely Yamin and Siri Gloppen, eds. (2011)
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press (Human Rights Program Series. Harvard Law School) 435 p.
The last fifteen years have seen a tremendous growth in the number of health rights cases focusing on issues such as access to health services and essential medications. This volume examines the potential of litigation as a strategy to advance the right to health by holding governments accountable for these obligations. It includes cases studies […]
Alicia Ely Yamin and Siri Gloppen (eds) (2011)
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press (Human Rights Program Series. Harvard Law School) 435 p.
The last fifteen years have seen a tremendous growth in the number of health rights cases focusing on issues such as access to health services and essential medications. This volume examines the potential of litigation as a strategy to advance the right to health by holding governments accountable for these obligations. It includes cases studies […]
Ottar Mæstad, Octavio Ferraz, Alicia Ely Yamin, Ole Frithjof Norheim, Siri Gloppen (2010)
WHO (Technical Brief Series no. Brief No 15) 2 p.
In the last fifteen years, judicial claims to secure health services as a matter of right have become an important phenomenon in a number of countries including South Africa, India, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, and Costa Rica. Little systematic empirical information is available with respect to the impact on health financing of such litigation. However, a […]
