scholarly journals Health impact assessment, human rights and global public policy: a critical appraisal

2007 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Scott-Samuel
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Health Impact Assessment ◽  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Global Public Policy

Human Rights and Wrongs: Could Health Impact Assessment Help?

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 734-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen O’Keefe ◽  
Alex Scott-Samuel
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Health Impact Assessment ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Inequalities In Health ◽  
Social Achievement ◽  
Civil And Political Rights

While the importance of civil and political rights to health advocates is widely acknowledged, economic and social rights are not yet securely on advocates’ agenda. Health impact assessment is an approach that can promote an appreciation of their importance. This paper introduces health impact assessment, gives examples of how it is being used, links its development to a focus on inequalities in health status, indicates the insufficiency of civil and political rights to protect health, and shows that the use of health impact assessment draws attention to economic and social rights. While civil and political rights are an astonishing social achievement, they are not in themselves sufficient to promote health.

scholarly journals Health Impact Assessment as an Essential Element of Environmental Law in the National Legal Order. Considerations on the Basis of International Law

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-208
Author(s):  
Maciej Pakowski ◽  
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Anna Garus-Pakowska ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
International Law ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
Health Impact Assessment ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Right To Information

The purpose of this paper was to prove that the standards for environmental friendliness set out by international law require the states to carry out Health Impact Assessment (HIA) before implementation of public or private investments having a potential human health impact even if national legal systems do not require it. The analysis of both soft international law and treaty law, as well as the case-law of international courts and tribunals show that Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is the international law ius cogens. At the same time the human right to information and protection of life and health are regarded as fundamental human rights. According to the authors it means that carrying out proper Environmental Impact Assessment without Health Impact Assessment is not possible. It would be contrary to the human right to information and the obligation of the authorities to provide citizens with active transparency mentioned by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and with the principle of fair balance developed in the case-law of the similar European Court together with the objective on sustainable development adopted in Agenda 2030. According to the authors Health Impact Assessment is an immanent and integral part of environmental impact and the possible absence of provisions in the national law requiring investors to carry out HIA where EIA is necessary, does not justify the failure to assess.

scholarly journals Health impact assessment in Nigeria: An initiative whose time has come

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus A. Chilaka ◽  
Ibiangake Ndioho
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Health Impact Assessment ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Political Commitment ◽  
Healthy Public Policy ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
The Right

Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is increasingly applied in many developed countries as a tool for advancing healthy public policy. This research was carried out to obtain a HIA situation report for Nigeria and to assess ways of enhancing the use of HIA to promote healthy public policy. Semi structured questionnaires were administered both online and by hand to health and nonhealth professionals in Nigeria. Inferential statistics was used in the analysis of the 510 responses that were received. Only 29% of the respondents had ever heard about HIA; similarly, only 19.3% of those who were aware of HIA had received any form of HIA training. However, 93.2% of respondents were convinced that HIA would be beneficial to the Nigerian health system. Using the approach of SWOT Analysis to discuss the findings, this research concludes that the time has now come, and the right conditions are in place, for the integration of Health Impact Assessment into public policy in Nigeria. Raising awareness and political commitment are the two major strategies to help drive this agenda forward.

scholarly journals Experience and lessons from health impact assessment for human rights impact assessment

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kendyl Salcito ◽  
Jürg Utzinger ◽  
Gary R. Krieger ◽  
Mark Wielga ◽  
Burton H. Singer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Health Impact Assessment ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Human Rights Impact Assessment
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