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Bringing Indigenous Peoples' legal rights into the spaces of health ...


Bringing Indigenous Peoples' legal rights into the spaces of health ...

In this paper we seek to spark dialogue about Indigenous rights with respect to health care services. We bring rights discourse into the context of health ...

Bringing Indigenous Peoples" by Sarah E. Nelson and Kathi Wilson

The political-legal discourse of Indigenous rights continues to be separated from discussions of health care services in geographic ...

Frequently asked questions on the health and rights of Indigenous ...

Indigenous Peoples' concept of health and well-being is holistic and encompasses spiritual, environmental, cultural and social dimensions in addition to ...

Indigenous Health and Human Rights: A Reflection on Law and ...

Abstract. In Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples bear a greater burden of disease and have lower life expectancy than ...

Bringing Indigenous Peoples' legal rights into the spaces of health ...

Rights and health versus rights to health: Bringing Indigenous Peoples' legal rights into the spaces of health care services.

Indigenous strengths-based approaches to healthcare and health ...

A strengths-based lens is essential for the pursuit of health equity among Indigenous populations. However, health professionals are often ...

Indigenous engagement in health: lessons from Brazil, Chile ...

At the same time, the participation of Indigenous peoples in decision-making and program and policy design helps to ensure that barriers to ...

Reclaiming Health in Indigenous Communities

Indigenous peoples are overcoming centuries of colonization by reclaiming the health of children and families.

AMERICAN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS ...

Indigenous peoples have the right to their own health systems and ... Indigenous peoples have the right to legal recognition of the various and particular.

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ...

The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has formulated general comments on the rights to adequate housing, food, water, and health ...

Insiders' Insight: Discrimination against Indigenous Peoples through ...

These findings point to the conclusion that in order to improve health care access for Indigenous peoples, we need to go beyond simply making ...

Policy on Promoting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (PRO-IP)

This objective aims to ensure that the political, economic, and social systems that shape Indigenous Peoples' development journeys are more equitable, inclusive ...

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Mechanism has stressed the need for international legal mechanisms to address such gaps and to give full protection to the rights of the indigenous peoples ...

Healing Ourselves as Indigenous People

Access to Native clinicians makes a big difference because they bring essential cultural knowledge and context with them. For example, in the Navajo Nation, 21 ...

Social determinants and the health of Indigenous peoples in Australia

To the degree recognising Indigenous peoples' right to self-determination supports communities to regain control of their lives, including through the ...

Federal Policies That Contribute to Racial and Ethnic Health ...

We believe the federal government has a key role to play in reducing disparities for Indigenous communities through changes to federal policies that currently ...

An Open Dialogue on Indigenous Health Legislation: Summary report

Indigenous peoples turn to their language as a protective factor and they are rebuilding and revitalizing language. The medicines of Indigenous ...

Indigenous Peoples' rights - Amnesty International

Indigenous Peoples face eviction from the ancestral lands they have inhabited for generations, as well as restricted access to education, health care and ...

Fact Sheet No.9 (Rev.1), The Rights of Indigenous Peoples - ohchr

... to suggest ways of achieving the maximum possible promotion and protection of indigenous peoples' treaty rights in domestic as well as in international law.

Health | United Nations For Indigenous Peoples

Self-determination, collective rights, crucial to indigenous health. To address the root causes of indigenous peoples' health problems, there must be full ...