Bringing justice to health
Publisher: Association for Emancipation, Solidarity and Equality of Women, Macedonia
Volume: 58 pages, pdf
Description
For millions of people around the world, human rights violations are part and parcel of everyday life—ranging from sexual violence, discrimination in access to housing, and denial of child support, to unfair dismissal from employment, police harassment, and arbitrary detention. Such violations have a particularly harsh impact on individuals whose health is already compromised and who find themselves excluded from civic participation. In Kenya, people who use drugs routinely face exaggerated criminal charges and heavy sentences, which contribute to their marginalization from society. A quota system in Russia motivates police to reach target numbers of drug-related convictions, resulting in countless arbitrary arrests, while in Indonesia, drug-using populations are subjected to lengthy pre-trial detention and extortion at the hands of police and prison guards.