International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations
01.10.11 - IFHHRO and WMA call for end to forced sterilization .
Friday, September 30, 2011
The World Medical Association (WMA) and IFHHRO, today condemned the practice of forced and coerced sterilisation as forms of violence that severely harm physical and mental health and infringe human rights.
They said that sterilisation is a form of birth control that should be available, accessible and affordable for every individual, within the full range of all alternative contraceptive methods. Barriers to sterilisation, once an informed choice has been made, should be minimised. Sterilisation should be available to any person who has reached the age of majority.
IFHHRO & artist Bert Feddema join forces on the issue of pain management as human right
Tueday, September 27, 2011
Today’s society focuses mainly on the healthy and the strong. Although a large part of the population uses long term medication or experiences chronic pain this is almost never discussed; it is a taboo.
In order to draw as much attention as possible to the issue of pain management as human right and to overcome this taboo, IFHHRO teamed up with artist Bert Feddema who recently created a series of paintings on pain, pain medication and pain management.
Georgia: News from the RFP Caucasus & Central Asia
Monday, 26 September 2011
On September 22, 2011 the Ministry of Corrections and Legal Assistance (MoCLA) of Georgia awarded the Global Initiative on Psychiatry (GIP)-Tbilisi, along with other local and international agencies involved in a reform of penitentiary and probation systems of the country. GIP-Tbilisi has been IFHHRO's Regional Focal Point for the Caucasus and Central Asia since the beginning of 2011.
One of the main directions of the organisation’s work is a promotion and protection of human rights of prisoners, in particular the right to health and mental health and advancing an effective mental health care in the penitentiary system.