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Rights-based approach amid national water challenges

Rights-based approach amid national water challenges The Department of Water and Sanitation has reaffirmed that access to sufficient, safe and reliable water is a fundamental human right and a ...
Health Affairs

Re-Centering Rights, Recovery, And Evidence In US Mental Health Policy

On September 10, 2025, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released strategic priorities that represent a significant shift in federal mental health policy. The ...
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India's disability rights progress, challenges highlighted at UNHRC

At a UNHRC session, Lara Delutis of Sambhali Trust highlighted India's disability rights progress, like the 2016 Act, and ...
The Hindu

UNICEF experts stress rights-based approach to tackling non-communicable diseases among children

India is at the forefront of global child health, but more work remains to be done to ensure children thrive, achieve their full potential, and participate in society in a meaningful way, Raoul ...
Mongabay

The cost of conservation without consent: Astrid Puentes on rights-based environmentalism

Astrid Puentes’s journey from Bogotá to the UN is shaped by a deep awareness of how environmental harm often mirrors social injustice. Early in her legal career, she confronted cases where pollution ...
Jurist

HRW urges rights-based approach for newly appointed Sahel envoy

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged a rights-based approach in a letter on Friday to the newly appointed African Union (AU) Special Envoy for the Sahel, Burundi President H.E. Évariste Ndayishimiye. HRW ...