Maternal health, human rights, and the politics of state accountability
Lessons from the Millennium Development Goals and implications for the Sustainable Development Goals
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 12720103 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Surma Das (University of Alberta, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2018 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Fascículo | 5 |
| Páginas | 550-567 |
| Data de publicação | 2018-10-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Journal of Human Rights (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 1475-4835 • E-ISSN: 1475-4843 |
| Editora | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14754835.2018.1496012 |
| OpenAlex | W2895206614 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 2 |
| Referências citadas | 36 |
Some scholars emphasize the significance of using human rights to hold states accountable to their commitment to global development goals, such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the (renewed and expanded) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet, others contest the extent to which such commitments indicate legal obligations, are enforceable, and can be fulfilled by developing states. This article draws on key informant interviews conducted with state and civil society actors in India, to explore the politics of using human rights to frame state accountability for maternal health (MDG 5 and SDG 3.1). The findings reveal that constitutional and institutional design peculiarities and lack of corresponding domestic legislative reforms complicate discursive framing of state accountability for maternal health using human rights, despite state commitment to MDG 5 obligations in form of resource allocation and agency creation. Yet, they also reveal the incremental opportunities to frame state accountability—rooted in citizenship entitlement, rather than human rights norms—made possible through ingenious civil society efforts, which leverage public investment in welfare that stem from state commitment to the MDGs. The findings are consequential to debates over the SDGs, which also lack discursive emphasis on human rights but reflect stronger human rights practices and standards, especially in Goal 16
Accountability · Civil society · Economic growth · Economics · Entitlement (fair division · Framing (construction · Human rights · Millennium Development Goals · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Sustainable development · Environmental law and policy · Human Rights and Development · International Human Rights and Reproductive Law · Law · Public Administration
Generation of political priority for global health initiatives
Health care and equity in India
New Rights Advocacy
Ships Passing in the Night
Reasons to Be Cautious about Evidence and Evaluation
The MDGs and international human rights law
Indigenous peoples and the Millennium Development Goals – ‘sacrificial lambs’ or equal beneficiaries
The Millennium Development Goals and human rights-based approaches
The obligations of ‘international assistance and cooperation’ under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. A possible entry point to a human rights based approach to Millennium Development Goal 8
The Millennium Development Goals and the human rights based approach
Millennium Development Goals and human rights
Human Rights, the Millennium Development Goals, and the Future of Development Cooperation
Lessons from the Making of the MDGs
The road not taken
Putting the 'rights-based approach' to development into perspective
Rights-Based Approaches to Development
Millennium Development Goals and Human Rights
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| Citações por ano | 0,5 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 2 |