Physicians for Human Rights

Alternative title

PHR

Description:

Website of Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) the international organisation which mobilises health professions and promotes the right to health for all. The site has background and organisational information about PHR and details of their campaigning work in the following areas: Darfur survival; health action AIDS; health and justice for youth; campaign against torture and the campaign to ban landmines. There is also information on their International Forensic Program which uses medical and scientific methods to investigate and expose violations of human rights. PHR publications can be freely downloaded from the site most in PDF or HTML formats.

Connect to resource:

http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/

Keywords controlled:

forensic medicine

human rights

medical profession

torture

Type of resource:

Non profit organisations

Classification:

Human Rights

Medical Law

Country of origin:

us