Wednesday, September 11, 2013

New Issue: Nordic Journal of Human Rights

The latest issue of the Nordic Journal of Human Rights (Vol. 31, no. 3, 2013) is out. Contents include:
  • Special Section: Disability and Development
    • Michael Ashley Stein, Mainstreaming and Accountability: (Really) Including Persons with Disabilities in Development Aid and Humanitarian Relief Programming
    • Mitchell Loeb, Disability Statistics: An Integral but Missing (and Misunderstood) Component of Development Work
    • Francisco J Bariffi & Matthew S Smith, Same Old Game but with Some New Players - Assessing Argentina’s National Mental Health Law in Light of the Rights to Liberty and Legal Capacity under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Persons with Disabilities
    • Patrick Ojok, Beyond Legislation: Implementing the Employment Provisions of the Persons with Disabilities Act of Uganda 2006
    • Saskia C van Veen, Barbara J Regeer & Joske G F Bunders, Meeting the Challenge of the Rights-based Approach to Disability: The Changing Role of Disability-Specific NGOs and DPOs
  • Additional Articles
    • Hans-Otto Sano, Human Rights and Development: Human Rights Principles and Their Indicators av
    • Elisabeth I Karlsen, Kristine Stray Aurdal, Laura Terragni, Wenche Barth Eide & Per O Iversen, A Human Rights-Based Approach to Challenges and Opportunities in the Process of Fulfilling Nursing Home Residents’ Right to Adequate Food
    • Alf Butenschøn Skre & Asbjørn Eide, The Human Right to Benefit from Advances in Science and Promotion of Openly Accessible Publications