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War, famine, pestilence, and poverty have had obvious and devastating effects on health throughout human history. In recent times, human rights have come to be viewed as essential to freedom and individual development. But it is only since the end of World War II that the link between human rights and these causes of disease and death has been recognized.^1,2,3 The 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — signed on December 10, 1948 — provides an opportunity to review its genesis, to explore the contemporary link between health and human rights, and to develop effective human-rights strategies . . . [Full Text of this Article]

War and Human Rights

The United Nations

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Treaties

Human Rights and Health

Human Rights and Public Health

Human Rights and Physicians

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